tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7334056037821283598.post302122886745310709..comments2023-08-06T07:19:31.776-05:00Comments on A Priestly Commentary: Bill Donohue and David DukesUnknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7334056037821283598.post-28619862007736010722008-12-21T07:53:00.000-05:002008-12-21T07:53:00.000-05:00Whether Donahue supports David Duke or not is of l...Whether Donahue supports David Duke or not is of little consequence since the tide has turned on public opinion on civil rights in America. It took well over 100 years to make it so. <BR/>Look, the civil rights movement gained ground in America because the hearts and minds of the average america were changed. Donahue can vote his conscience all he likes. In my opinion he would still be a practical Catholic. But the civil rights leaders of the 1960's saw something that few of the leaders of the pro-life movement acknowledge, that to change laws you must first change hearts. Donahue's arguments would have been very appropriate for endorsing and voting for George Wallace or former Georgia governor Lester Maddox. Why are they not good arguments today? Because attitudes have changed. As for abortion, today most Americans believe life begins at the first breath and ends at the last. Until you make those very same Americans understand that life begins at conception, there will be no law against abortion. Indeed if we turn over life and death decisions to the state, and feel it is quite right and proper to do so, how can we argue that women cannot have the same right over a life that is totally under her support and control? These issues must be first won by the pro-life side before laws can be enacted. If pro-choice laws are signed, and they will be, it is because the pro-life groups, and Bill Donahue himself, have focused too much on the law makers and not enough those who fall under the law.radio45https://www.blogger.com/profile/03028346716140781309noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7334056037821283598.post-67071367400490772472008-10-12T19:28:00.000-05:002008-10-12T19:28:00.000-05:00I like William Donahue. I admired his bold engage...I like William Donahue. I admired his bold engagement with Christopher Hitchenns on Fox News not too long ago. Yes, he can be all those things you describe him to be, and sometimes I wish there was less histrionics and a more factual disposition. <BR/><BR/>I still like the guy.Tom in Vegashttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17821971426359725229noreply@blogger.com