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The tragedy of religious liberty myopia

The tragedy of religious liberty myopia

Earlier I commented on the recent ruling by a Massachusetts Superior Court coercing the Sisters of Saint Joseph, who run Fontbonne Academy, to hire a man who identifies another man as his husband. This action would contravene the Sisters' well-formed conscience which, consistent with Roman Catholic teaching, biological facts, and millennia of practical wisdom, holds that a lifetime union between one man and one woman is a marriage, a unique human achievement and a foundational civic institution

Earlier I commented on the recent ruling by a Massachusetts Superior Court coercing the Sisters of Saint Joseph, who run Fontbonne Academy, to hire a man who identifies another man as his husband. This action would contravene the Sisters' well-formed conscience which, consistent with Roman Catholic teaching, biological facts, and millennia of practical wisdom, holds that a lifetime union between one man and one woman is a marriage, a unique human achievement and a foundational civic institution…