Many of us feel that while Vatican II is correct about the inviolability of conscience, the “Decree on Religious Freedom” needs to be fleshed out further in regard to the necessity of obedience to what is promulgated by the Church. We should remember that even the devil was true to his conscience but that ultimately it led to his eternal exile. A person might regard abortion as only one issue among many but if God should judge it as “pre-eminent” or most constitutive of the Gospel then to shuffle it away in the deck might signify an orientation away from the kingdom and toward perdition. The issue here is bigger than for whom one might vote.
A vital question must be asked: how much of our selves might be posited in the decision to support persons and/or policies that undermine the sanctity of life and demean the dignity of persons? Fidelity to an errant conscience will not save lives, build up a virtuous society or necessarily save our souls from corruption.
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