Tag: Rights
Choking on rights talk
The promiscuous use of rights talk as a rhetorical intensifier is no more pernicious than in the issue of abortion. How can we talk of rights when the killing of the unborn is concerned? And how can we tolerate the effect of this evasion on our public discourse, asks George Weigel.
Church leaders welcome Constitutional recognition
Australia’s bishops and Catholic leaders have cautiously welcomed moves by the Minister for Indigenous Affairs to enshrine an Indigenous “voice” in the Australian Constitution...