{"id":6478,"date":"2012-02-11T18:15:16","date_gmt":"2012-02-11T23:15:16","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.patheos.com\/blogs\/yimcatholic\/?p=6478"},"modified":"2017-01-24T18:12:34","modified_gmt":"2017-01-24T23:12:34","slug":"meanwhile-george-weigel-clarifies-things","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.patheos.com\/blogs\/yimcatholic\/2012\/02\/meanwhile-george-weigel-clarifies-things.html","title":{"rendered":"Meanwhile, George Weigel Clarifies Things…"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<\/head>

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for folks who are used to getting all of their views from the sclerotic filters that trap and extinguish their abilities to think and reason. His article over on National Review Online<\/em>, in as gentle a manner as is possible for Mr. Weigel, attempts to help make sense, for those who are still wandering in the wilderness of confused hero worship of the God-King, the bishops\u2019 most recent statement. The one in which they say things like,<\/p>\n

\u201cWe remain fully committed to the defense of our religious liberty and we strongly protest the violation of our freedom of religion that has not been addressed. We continue to work for the repeal of the mandate. We have grave reservations that the government is intruding in the definition of who is and who is not a religious employer . . .\u201d<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

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Go read it all.<\/a> And you know what George did too? You\u2019re not going to believe it, and maybe he won\u2019t either, but his article made me think of another Neil Young song from the album Living With War<\/em>. It\u2019s called After the Garden is Gone<\/em>, and it is a lamentation of all the liberties that we in the U.S. are losing with laws like the Patriot Act. Dare I say that this song also applies to the liberties that the HHS Mandate threatens to take away? I\u2019m a Catholic, so i\u2019m not into folks removing parts of documents that they currently have a little trouble with. <\/p>\n

But as a measure of the odd nature of the times, Weigel\u2019s thoughts and Neil Young\u2019s song go together like peas and carrots. Because after reading Weigel\u2019s piece, think of life in the United States without true religious freedom. Truly, that would be a barren land, as Neil\u2019s lyrics will help you to imagine.<\/p>\n

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Let\u2019s save the garden.<\/p>\n<\/body><\/html>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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