We not only are ruining our ecology without thought of the good of future generations. We not only isolate the poor from fuller freedom. We also are coming to grips, as a nation, with some of the most fundamental legal issues Americans have ever faced, the human life issues. These acts do not honor the true meaning of freedom. True freedom is freedom in relationship to God and in relationship to each other.
True freedom has limits and boundaries.
The exercise of freedom demands respect for moral law, for God's plan for the human race and God's Church. We must prohibit acts that keep others from enjoying their rights. But prohibited acts must not include free association, free assembly and free speech. That is as self-evident as the fact that we all are created equal, and that we all have certain unalienable rights endowed by our Creator. Let us honor true freedom this Independence Day by applying what we've learned in our society to the life of the Church.