George Weigel to Youth: Defend Religious Freedom

It remains to be seen whether or not George Weigel has any kind of youth following, but one thing is sure, whatever his appeal with the kids, he's going to try to enlist the Natural Law to defend something which is against the Natural Law, religious liberty.

There is nothing in the Natural Law which can be enlisted to defend anyone's right to hold an erroneous opinion.

Moreover, hitching the pro-life movement to the Civil Rights Movement isn't a good idea. It's just more proof that George Weigel isn't a trustworthy expositor of Catholic truth, but he's certainly a well paid one.

Says Pro-Life Cause Is Successor to Civil Rights Movement

MERRIMACK, New Hampshire, MAY 28, 2010 (Zenit.org).- Catholic theologian and author George Weigel is urging college graduates to base themselves firmly in natural law in order to make a good defense of religious freedom in society today.

The author of Pope John Paul II's biography "Witness to Hope" made this appeal at the May 16 graduation ceremony of the Thomas More College of Liberal Arts, in which he was awarded an honorary doctorate and gave the commencement address.

"One of the great challenges of the younger generation of Catholics will be to rise to the defense of religious freedom in full," Weigel said.

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