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The “Horror” of Hypocrisy

I’ve come to the conclusion that the greatest “sin” that anyone can commit in America today is hypocrisy. Last week, it was a headline reading “Anti-Gay Lawmaker At Gay Club Before DUI Arrest” that was trumpeted all around the liberal blogs. I even saw it as a friend’s Facebook status update, with many comments saying, “Hahaha, look at this jerk, this just proves that he was wrong all along!”

Sorry, that’s simply not true.

Just because someone does something objectively wrong doesn’t make the action right all of a sudden. Nor does committing a wrong action mean that the principled arguments establishing the action as wrong are instantly false, either.

We live in a fallen world, where we all struggle against doing what we know is wrong. We have the power to choose to give in to temptation, or to virtuously resist. We can call upon God, the saints, and our friends to help us choose the right and do the good.

Ridiculing people who fall to their own temptations doesn’t make us better people than they are. It just debases our own humanity.

An Open Email to Congressman Earl Blumenauer

Congressman Blumenauer,

I have contacted you several times in the past regarding the attempt to reform health care that is currently being considered in the US Congress. I urge you once again to vote NO on the bill that has been presented for consideration through the process of reconciliation.

You must vote NO because this bill does not respect the conscience of a majority of Americans on the question of abortion, including me. I have received canned responses from your staff before on this issue, and I will not accept another. You have been wrong on the question of abortion, and this is your chance to correct your position. Abortion is murder of the innocent, plain and simple. If this health care bill passes, it will be state-sponsored murder, and that is unacceptable.

The only response I expect from you is a NO vote on health care if the House leadership attempts to pass this bill through reconciliation. That is the only acceptable response you can send.