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Abortion and the Holocaust

Posted on January 29, 2009
I appreciate Rob's post, and the very engaged, and engaging, comments it has prompted. I avoid comparing our abortion regime to the Holocaust, but not because I have any doubts that our abortion regime involves monstrous injustice. For me, the...

Sen. Casey disappoints

Posted on January 29, 2009
Here is the vote on Sen. Martinez's efforts to restore, legislatively, the Mexico City policy. With the exception of Sen. Ben Nelson (a longtime and consistent pro-life vote), every Democrat in the Senate voted "nay." Including Sen. Casey.

More (much more) on legalized abortion and the Holocaust

Posted on January 29, 2009
Not surprisingly, my post objecting to the use of the term "Holocaust" to describe legalized abortion has generated quite a bit of feedback. I've included some highlights after the jump. There is a lot of material here, but I encourage...

Abortion as slavery, not as Holocaust

Posted on January 29, 2009
Another reader joins the conversation: I don't like the Holocaust analogy simply because the United States government isn't exactly doing anything affirmatively (except, under some Democratic initiatives, directly funding abortions). It's not comparable to Nazi Germany, where Jews were rounded...

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Kaveny on the use of analogy in the abortion debate

Posted on January 29, 2009
Notre Dame law and theology prof Cathy Kaveny responds to our series of posts on abortion and the Holocaust, particularly to the question of whether "progressives" have a better analogy to offer: I agree with you on the analogy to...

Velasco on legalized abortion and the Holocaust

Posted on January 29, 2009
Earlier today I posted a collection of responses to my post objecting to the use of the term "Holocaust" to describe legalized abortion. Another MoJ-er suggested that the conversation might be furthered by breaking the responses out into separate posts,...

Abortion and the Holocaust: perception vs. nature of the act

Posted on January 29, 2009
John O'Herron writes: I think your last post on MOJ identifies a common societal discomfort with the pro-life movement. But, I think, your concern I think is misplaced. I don't think calling abortion a Holocaust is particularly helpful or meaningful....

Abortion, Nazi Germany, and the Culture of Death

Posted on January 29, 2009
Another reader comments: Let me say first that I agree that the strong language often used by members of the pro-life movement can be counterproductive, misleading, and needlessly hurtful. A woman who chooses to have an abortion is not even...

Collett on legalized abortion and the Holocaust

Posted on January 29, 2009
My colleague Teresa Collett writes: I agree with you that the Holocaust is not a good analogy for the deaths of millions of unborn children. The final practices of the Nazi regime differ in important ways from the current American...

What abortion analogy works for progressives?

Posted on January 29, 2009
Greg Pocak has a challenge for "progressives" regarding abortion: I appreciated your comments on the Mirror of Justice blog regarding whether abortion is a holocaust. I don?t agree with you (well, I do agree that killing a 12 year old...

Obama and Catholic Schools

Posted on January 28, 2009
Amen!

Koppelman on Taylor's "Secular Age"

Posted on January 28, 2009
Charles Taylor's (huge) "Secular Age" has come up several times on this blog. (Eduardo, in particular, has engaged the book closely, if I recall.) This review, by my friend Andy Koppelman, is well worth reading.

Science and Religion impossible to reconcile

Posted on January 28, 2009
So claims Jerry Coyne in this New Republic book review. I dissent.

"Revisiting Benedict's Visit"

Posted on January 28, 2009
As I mentioned a few weeks ago, I was honored to present a talk at a recent conference in Rome on the "American model" of religious liberty. Here is a news story, providing more detail about the event, and putting...

Great Neuhaus archive

Posted on January 28, 2009
Here is a really nice, and comprehensive, archive of Neuhaus writings, tributes, memorials, etc. One item in particular: When I come before the judgment throne, I will plead the promise of God in the shed blood of Jesus Christ. I...

"How Israel's Propaganda Machine Works"

Posted on January 28, 2009
Is there a Catholic way of thinking through the conflict in the Mideast? To the U.S. media coverage of those events? To the U.S. foreign policy response? Last week I posted an essay/open letter from a priest in Gaza entitled...

The world falls back off its axis

Posted on January 28, 2009
Well, so much for cosmic harmony. As Michael P. predicted, Duke lost to Wake Forest (despite an amazing comeback) in a great game in Winston-Salem. Ah well, like the man said: "Things fall apart; the center cannot hold; Mere anarchy...

Our Debate on Church Authority

Posted on January 28, 2009
Our ongoing debate on Church authority is drawing attention elsewhere on the Catholic blogosphere. Denise Hunnell, at Catholic Mom, encourages her readers to follow the ongoing discussion at Mirror of Justice. Saying that Mirror of Justice is one of her...

Debate at Emory on illegal immigration

Posted on January 28, 2009
If you will be in the Atlanta area next Tuesday, February 3, and are free in the evening, you might be interested in "Responses to Those in Our Midst: A Debate on Illegal Immigration." Covington and Burling attorney William Chip...

Generational Splits

Posted on January 27, 2009
First, I want to thank Steve and his interlocutors for their extremely thoughtful posts about the role of progressive Catholics on this site and in the Church. I share virtually all of Steve's views on the matter, and have refrained...

Musings on Church Authority and the Challenge of Authority

Posted on January 27, 2009
?And I also say to you that you are Peter, and on this rock I will build My church, and the gates of Hades shall not prevail against it.? Matt. 16:16-18. From the beginning, the matter of authority has been...

David Brooks and E.J. Dionne on Reinhold Niebuhr and Christian Realism

Posted on January 27, 2009
Readers in the D.C. area might be interested in a program this Thursday, January 29, that I've helped organize: David Brooks and E.J. Dionne, Jr. will discuss the lasting impact of Reinhold Niebuhr and Christian Realism on American political and...

Reflections on the Catholic Legal Theory project on the 5th Anniversary of MOJ

Posted on January 27, 2009
The conversation addressing the role of progressive/dissenting/heterodox Catholics on MOJ has been thoughtful and thought provoking, inviting me to think more deeply about the Catholic Legal Theory project as I conceive it and MOJ?s part in that project...

Generational Splits, A Reader Responds

Posted on January 27, 2009
John Wittig, a recent graduate of St. Thomas Law School, writes in:While I usually attend Mass every week, I am one of those young (just turned 30) Catholics who feels a "level of disagreement with, dismay towards, or merely disregard...

"New Catholic Politics"

Posted on January 26, 2009
Here is a new Catholic blog, called "New Catholic Politics", that looks well worth following.

Reply to Profesor Garnett

Posted on January 26, 2009
Duke plays Wake at Wake Wednesday night at 7:00.We'll see who's crowing Wednesday night at about 10:00.

Two Contrasting Perspectives on President Obama?s Presidential Order Releasing Public Funds for Abortions Overseas

Posted on January 26, 2009
In on-line news/editorials, we find two sharply contrasting perspectives on President Obama?s issuance of a presidential order lifting President Bush?s prohibition on use of United States public funds for abortion counseling and abortion ?services? by family planning organizations outside of...

All's right in the world

Posted on January 26, 2009
Duke has replaced Wake Forest as the No. 1 team in college basketball. Michael Perry is, of course, overjoyed. What does this have to do with "Catholic legal theory"? Well, let's see . . . Coach K. is a good...

Inaugural Jesus

Posted on January 26, 2009
Sightings, 1/26/09 -- Martin E. Marty The apostle Paul claimed that Jesus, in the form of "Christ crucified," was "a stumbling block [skandalon=scandal=offence] to Jews and foolishness to Gentiles." (I Corinthians 1:23) Jews+Gentiles=pretty much everybody...

Interview with George re: Neuhaus

Posted on January 25, 2009
Here is an interview that the folks at NRO did with Robert George, regarding the life, work, and legacy of Fr. Neuhaus. George's take on the controversial "End of Democracy?" affair jumped out at me: The basic point was simple...

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