Always put faith first

I write this column a few days after Liberal leader Justin Trudeau spoke at a Catholic school in Cambridge, Ont. He was invited, welcomed, applauded and approved of. It was a political event held after school hours. Outside the school a group of protestors from Campaign Life Coalition argued that a politician who was so vehemently pro-abortion should not be given such approbation at a school ostensibly dedicated to Catholic teaching, one of the most fundamental moral precepts of which is the defence of unborn life. 

And they have a point; good Lord, they have a point. 

Let’s be realistic here. Very few politicians have stood firmly for unborn children when they have achieved office. Perhaps in opposition, sometimes when looking for votes, but seldom when in government. That’s deeply regrettable. But Trudeau has gone much further. This is not someone hiding behind the tired old “I’m personally opposed to abortion but mustn’t allow my religious and private views to control my public office” nonsense. Nor is it a, “I believe in choice, not in abortion” fallback. No, Trudeau is solidly pro-abortion.