"I accept the Catholic teachings, which promote the sanctity of life from conception to natural death.
This shift began in 1968, when Pope Paul VI issued "Of Human Life," an encyclical affirming the sanctity of life from the moment of conception.
Governor Scott's letter insisted that his purge was legitimate and made pious reference to protecting the sanctity of voting from the scourge of illegal immigrants.
If we believe in the sanctity of life from conception to natural death, we need to prove that by our actions, including our political choices.
In December last year the head of the American delegation caused a stir at a United Nations conference in Bangkok when he declared that America "supports the sanctity of life from conception to natural death .A future of stalemateWhere is abortion politics going?
The head of the United States delegation also stirred controversy at the conference, held in Bangkok, by declaring on Monday, "The United States supports the sanctity of life from conception to natural death".
Assistant Secretary of State Gene Dewey said in Bangkok that the U.S. "supports the sanctity of life from conception to natural death," a statement, we suspect, the administration would not dare make with the cameras rolling at home.
But they show that our heads can be turned by an aura of sanctity, distracting us from a more objective reckoning of the actions that make people suffer or flourish.
Many of my political opinions, then, are formed by my religious ideals: for example, a commitment to help the poor and marginalized, a desire for a peaceful world, and a respect for the sanctity of life from natural conception to natural death.
Beyond the hypocrisy of this sort of behavior from a guy who wants to protect the sanctity of holy matrimony from gay couples, there also seems to be a streak of almost crazed self-absorption that runs through the Newt saga.
