Religious Right’s role in radical “reforms”
This is why I don’t trust the religious right:
I’m not terribly surprised by that outcome. The USCCB isn’t exactly a hotbed of libertarian thought. The only surprise in this chapter of ObamaCare is that the bishops stood so strongly against the bill in the first place. Most of them believe in a collective health-care approach rather than a free market, with a few notable exceptions. That’s one reason to remember that their wisdom generally remains limited to the spiritual rather than the temporal in terms of political thought.
Their goal is different from ours. Their goal is to impose their interpretation of the scripture (which may or may not be correct; I contend that they are … mistaken in substantial details, especially with regard to how charity work should be done) on the rest of the society. Our goal is individual liberty—defending institutions which are set up to defend this ultimate goal, and tearing down institutions which erode them.
From time to time, we may form alliances of convenience. But that’s all that is. They are ready to betray our conservative values the moment they think they can get something germane to their own goals accomplished, as they have now. We should never forget that.