tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17309896.post2716921164220629361..comments2024-03-18T09:28:08.708-04:00Comments on Maior autem his est caritas: Some WYD stuff in the Aussie press ...Fr. Gaurav Shroff http://www.blogger.com/profile/04964314266441708310noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17309896.post-10346908613324405572008-07-14T15:52:00.000-04:002008-07-14T15:52:00.000-04:00Yo Sean: first of all, I appreciate your toning do...Yo Sean: first of all, I appreciate your toning down the rhetoric and making some reasonable arguments and putting forward illustrations. I do want to try and engage this on the blog ... I'm just really swamped right now. I hope in the remaining life of the blog (which shuts down in a few weeks as I start at a seminary that doesn't allow blogs) some decent discussion can ensue. So, hang aroundFr. Gaurav Shroff https://www.blogger.com/profile/04964314266441708310noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17309896.post-61234307731464100642008-07-14T13:56:00.000-04:002008-07-14T13:56:00.000-04:00A perfect example, actually, of whether there is a...A perfect example, actually, of whether there is an attempt to force religion out of public view, or whether the government is trying to fight legitimate discrimination. is in the conduct of Scott Bloch, the Catholic head of the US Office of Special Counsel, ostensibly the government agency that is set up to protect Federal Whistleblowers. In 2004 he stripped the OSC of its powers to prosecute Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17309896.post-3991108664120060802008-07-13T15:30:00.000-04:002008-07-13T15:30:00.000-04:00The problem with the argument cited is it confuses...The problem with the argument cited is it confuses the mechanisms and the power of the state with the "public square". Like I said before, its not that religion is being driven out of public view, but rather that it no longer enjoys seeing eye to eye with state authorities on controversial issues. The state no longer holds the traditional views on society that the Church, or other religious Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com