Sorry, I wasn't clear in what I meant by "get it wrong"; not that the bishops might misrepresent what the democratic faithful wish for, but that they might not adequately/fully/appropriately represent the Catholic Church's teaching. The Church hierarchy, as I see it, doesn't purport to speak for the individual members of the Church in this regard. Richard Dougherty
On Tue, Feb 14, 2012 at 11:21 AM, Malla Pollack <mallapolla...@gmail.com>wrote: > That the Bishops may "get it wrong" is very important. The central > religious liberty rights here are those of the people -- i.e. both the > employees and the members of the Catholic Church. Therefore, I have > severe democracy problems with allowing members of an unelected > hierarchy to speak "for" the members of the church in the sense of > objecting on the grounds of the members' religious liberty to an > action required of the organization (not the individual members). > This problem is especially strong here because of the data (mentioned > earlier in this thread) that a majority of members of the Catholic > Church are not against contraception. > > Malla >
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