https://nzcatholic.org.nz/2020/09/24/wgtn-students-question-politicians/ The New Zealand National Catholic Newspaper Thu, 24 Sep 2020 04:55:56 +0000 hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=5.6 https://nzcatholic.org.nz/2020/09/24/wgtn-students-question-politicians/#comment-60112 Thu, 24 Sep 2020 04:55:56 +0000 https://nzcatholic.org.nz/?p=21954#comment-60112 The chummy topic du jour is completely moot if you don’t have a right to life to experience culture and the environment in the first instance.
The pictured Labour and Green MPs, the ones “sub Maria” – under the Mary Statue, as well as the NZ First Party all ‘bravely’ opposed the provisions against late term abortion, against leaving a born live “fetus” to die, against pain reduction, and against medical professional conscience.
Will this photo be dredged up in 80 years to show implicit support by Church employees of inhumane politicians?
Attitudes to the A-word tell us a lot about what we really believe about the rule of law, humans, animals, ethics, the nature of government, society, liberty, violence, and power.
A conference about the A-word would be much less popular.

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