tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6926413038778731189.post8539664676946298202..comments2023-10-16T07:13:12.123-05:00Comments on A plain blog about politics: Read Stuff, You ShouldJonathan Bernsteinhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15931039630306253241noreply@blogger.comBlogger1125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6926413038778731189.post-45313361311074734902012-02-23T11:30:33.119-06:002012-02-23T11:30:33.119-06:00If you're not Catholic, and you don't care...If you're not Catholic, and you don't care about hypocrisy, then why do you side with Sullivan? His entire argument is about hypocrisy vis-a-vis the teachings of the Vatican hierarchy.<br /><br />Are you trying to say that you disagree with Santorum's positions on abortion and torture? I do too; but that is profoundly <i>not</i> the argument Sullivan is making. See his <a href="http://andrewsullivan.thedailybeast.com/2012/02/the-moral-scandal-of-rick-santorum-and-enhanced-interrogation-techniques-ctd.html" rel="nofollow">elaboration</a> today:<br /><br /><i>[T]he traditional teachings on abortion and on the role of human sexuality may well be correct as part of a larger scheme, but the obsession with them to the disregard of a multitude of other issues of equal importance in moral terms, issues which plainly were far more important to Christ, weakens the moral teaching of the church.</i>Andrewhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15913245096162048743noreply@blogger.com