Wednesday, June 30, 2021

Do Businesses Need to Be Secular?

One idea I've encountered a few times, even from people who lawyers, is that individuals may enjoy religious liberty, but that doesn't apply to for-profit businesses.  As soon as a person forms a business which is open to the public, all bets are off.  At that point the profit motive is all which is protected by law, and he/she will need to conform to the most secular ethics of the public.  Let's call this the "Principle of Public Secular Conformity" (PPSC) 

Sunday, June 20, 2021

Three Questions about "Politicizing the Eucharist"

Recently the US Catholic Bishops have voted to produce a document addressing the thorny topic of the reception of communion by politicians who dissent from Catholic teaching.  A common complaint against doing this is that such efforts "weaponize the Eucharist" and "politicize the sacrament".  

This, I think, is a suspicious complaint.  And if I were talking to a person of that persuasion, I'd have a few questions....