Tuesday, March 11, 2008
Legislating morality
In connection with the Spitzer mess, Rush is answering the standard liberal complaint about "conservatives imposing your morality on my bedroom" and "you can't legislate morality". As usual with basic matters of human nature, Rush is doing a splendid job... he's the best public advisor in those areas. (He's a party hack on questions directly involving candidates.)
Still, he's missing a fresh opportunity to make a point. Now that all the formerly Christian denominations have officially switched from Jehovah to Gaia, from Jesus to Maurice Strong, environmentalism is a purely religious question.
The predictable liberal line: Separation of church and state. Rome says abortion is a sin, therefore we can't legislate against abortion.
Well, now that Rome says pollution is a sin, we can't legislate against pollution, because that would "impose Catholic morality on the rest of us."
It's an unbreakable argument.
Of course the reality, outside of liberal cliches, is that we have good secular reasons to prohibit abortion, just as we have good secular reasons to control pollution. "Life begins at conception" is a scientific fact, just as "Drinking contaminated water makes you ill" is a scientific fact. ¶ 10:59 AM
Still, he's missing a fresh opportunity to make a point. Now that all the formerly Christian denominations have officially switched from Jehovah to Gaia, from Jesus to Maurice Strong, environmentalism is a purely religious question.
The predictable liberal line: Separation of church and state. Rome says abortion is a sin, therefore we can't legislate against abortion.
Well, now that Rome says pollution is a sin, we can't legislate against pollution, because that would "impose Catholic morality on the rest of us."
It's an unbreakable argument.
Of course the reality, outside of liberal cliches, is that we have good secular reasons to prohibit abortion, just as we have good secular reasons to control pollution. "Life begins at conception" is a scientific fact, just as "Drinking contaminated water makes you ill" is a scientific fact. ¶ 10:59 AM
