Well, I Actually Wrote Her A Letter

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.

When I Was At Notre Dame Studying Under Joe Evans, Frank O'malley, And Others, There Was A Very Lively Debate About The Distinction Between Natural Law And Revealed Truth. Most Of The Philosophers Of Church And State Expected That What Was Going To Be Advocated As The Law Of The Land Would Be Related To Natural Law. If You Attempted To Draw Lines About Certain General Moral Truths That Were Derivative Of Logic And Reason, They Would Prove To Be Widely Shared, And Therefore Suitable To Be Enacted Into Law On Both The Civic And Religious Sides.

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.

Well, I Think Breathing Life Into The Endangered Species Act, Taking Those Wolves Back Into Yellowstone, Restoring The Salmon In The Rivers Of The Pacific Northwest.

I Would Argue That Practices That Destroy Ecosystems Always Destroy Jobs.