Your point about single issue voting gets to the heart of this very well, because a coherent philosophy does not stop at one issue, but is something that can be seen across many issues. bsky.app/profile/cath...
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My point here was intended to say that the Catholic Church holds to pro-life philosophy across issues, even when the positions from that philosophy lead them to clash with other philosophies. bsky.app/profile/pseu...
sep 2, 2025, 4:14 pm • 3 0 • view
Even though abortion remains a flashpoint of conflict between the Catholic Church and the left, the Church also has conflicts with the right on immigration, treatment of the poor, treatment of children, and the death penalty, all of which also come from the Church’s pro-life philosophy.
sep 2, 2025, 4:16 pm • 2 0 • view
This is also why I am comfortable labeling Catholic pro-life philosophy as philosophy, and why I am also comfortable putting Evangelical “pro-life philosophy” in quotes.
sep 2, 2025, 4:17 pm • 2 0 • view
Evangelicals do not take a consistent pro-life stance on other issues, even when they claim those issues as pro-life arguments. Evangelicals are not using those arguments honestly in all cases, or the Republican Party would be much more supportive of free school lunch.
sep 2, 2025, 4:19 pm • 1 0 • view
To circle back to clarify myself again; I perceive Evangelicals hold positions across issues that are consistent with conservatism, while Catholics hold positions across issues that are consistent with their stated philosophy, even when that philosophy leads them to conflict with conservatives.
sep 2, 2025, 4:30 pm • 0 0 • view
Evangelicals often use Catholic arguments (children must be protected, all life is precious) because those arguments are more respectable, but they are not willing to follow through with the actions on other issues that are what makes those arguments more respectable.
sep 2, 2025, 4:34 pm • 0 0 • view
Such as support for immigration (all life means all life), not cutting benefits for children with disabilities (all children means all children), or supporting free school lunches (see the pro-life quip about children getting support until they are born). bsky.app/profile/pseu...
sep 2, 2025, 4:36 pm • 0 0 • view
I’m not sure how to phrase this question, but I would really like to know the answer, and I’m asking in good faith. What do people who hold honest pro-life views think people who hold honest pro-choice views think of the wider pro-life movement?
sep 2, 2025, 4:45 pm • 0 0 • view
That is why I respect Catholic orthodoxy even and especially where I disagree; because it comes from a consistent philosophy that they actually hold to, even when it is inconvenient for them to do so.
sep 2, 2025, 4:20 pm • 1 0 • view