conscientious objection
Becoming a Catholic Conscientious Objector
by Tony Magliano A few years back, I was doing some serious soul-searching, trying to discern what God wanted me to write about. I walked into my 16-year-old son’s bedroom to discover a military calendar hanging on the wall. It highlighted young men and women in combat fatigues, fighter jets, an aircraft carrier battle group…
Culture of Conscience: Would You Pay Taxes that Fund Abortions if Hyde and Helms were Repealed?
by Thad Crouch (see at the bottom for a link of a video of the author speaking the same content) Taxes for Violence This month, several pro-choice congressional representatives introduced the Equal Access to Abortion Coverage bill to repeal the Hyde Amendment and allow federal funding for domestic abortion violence for any reason to any…
The Redemptive Personalism of Saint Oscar Romero
by Julia Smucker On the day before he was killed, Oscar Romero, who on Sunday October 14 will be officially declared a saint in the Catholic Church, delivered an impassioned plea to members of the Salvadoran army: Brothers, you are a part of our own people. You are killing your own brother and sister campesinos,…
The Referendum on Abortion in Ireland: The Violation of Rights
by Maria Horan “The [Irish] State acknowledges the right to life of the unborn and, with due regard to the equal right to life of the mother, guarantees in its laws to respect, and, as far as practicable, by its laws to defend and vindicate that right.” Inserted into the Irish Constitution on the 7th…
Conscientious Objectors
Excerpt from Peace Psychology Perspectives on Abortion Section of Chapter 14: Differing Perspectives on Specific Populations (pages 234-237) book edited and this chapter written by Rachel M. MacNair references turned into links For centuries, when militaries drafted people, some refused on grounds of conscience. In the 20th century, several nations recognized a legal…