So I suppose you would say the same to a pacifist who refuses to file as conscientious objector to avoid a draft?
You disagree with Catholicism on this issue. That's fine. But their position has not been disproven, so I don't see how anyone could expect them to abandon it just in order to play the state's game. One of the core messages of Jesus was not to be a hypocrite, and participating in actions contrary to their morality is hypocricy.
The state has made doing this good contingent on being unfaithful to Catholic teaching. This is no different than the law that required that taking political office depend on denying transubstantiation. Considering that there is more need than Catholic Charities can fill, it has decided to focus instead on the good that it can do without compromising its Catholicism.
Your analogy shows how you are approaching the issue completely differently that Catholicism is. Your focus is on the goats, but in the analogy, the thing that would most closely align with what Catholicism is concerned for is the food. And you have just demonstrated my whole point. The state is acting based on political concern for the potential adopters and not for the children.
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So I suppose you would say the same to a pacifist who refuses to file as conscientious objector to avoid a draft?
You disagree with Catholicism on this issue. That's fine. But their position has not been disproven, so I don't see how anyone could expect them to abandon it just in order to play the state's game. One of the core messages of Jesus was not to be a hypocrite, and participating in actions contrary to their morality is hypocricy.
The state has made doing this good contingent on being unfaithful to Catholic teaching. This is no different than the law that required that taking political office depend on denying transubstantiation. Considering that there is more need than Catholic Charities can fill, it has decided to focus instead on the good that it can do without compromising its Catholicism.
Your analogy shows how you are approaching the issue completely differently that Catholicism is. Your focus is on the goats, but in the analogy, the thing that would most closely align with what Catholicism is concerned for is the food. And you have just demonstrated my whole point. The state is acting based on political concern for the potential adopters and not for the children.