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I Think There Has Been An Unfortunate Tendency For A Lot Of Different Groups To Forget That Distinction Between Natural Law And Revealed Truth And To Say: Our Complete Agenda Is To Be Enacted Into Laws Governing The Entire Society. Many Different Religious Groups Claim That Authority, Not Only Catholics. A Lot Of Different Protestant Groups As Well Are Stepping Forward To Say: Here Is Our Agenda, It Is A Moral Agenda, Ergo It Must Be Enacted Into Law. I Think That The Distinction Between Natural Law And More Ultimate Kinds Of Doctrine Is Being Lost.

On Areas Like Abortion Where There Is Major Disagreement Among The Mainstream Religious Groups In The Judeo-christian Tradition, I Believe That Requires A Lot More Caution. The Jewish Position On Abortion Is Very Different From The Roman Catholic Position. That Is Reason To Be Cautious About Enacting Laws Rather Than Saying To The Religious Group: Instruct Your Followers On These Matters As Matters Of Personal Religious Belief.

We Have To Preserve It And Use It Sustainably. And The Short-term Use Of Resources At The Destruction Of The Long-term Heritage Of This Country Is Not A Policy That We Can Pursue.

I Think It Is Important That Religious Leaders Of All Kinds Consciously Attempt To Distinguish Between Issues Of Natural Law On Which There Is Consensus Among Catholic, Protestant, And Jew And Those Issues On Which There Must Be A Greater Degree Of Tolerance Of Other Peoples' Opinions And Of The Diversity That Is Characteristic Of American Society.

City Parks Serve, Day In And Day Out, As The Primary Green Spaces For The Majority Of Americans.