Pope Benedict XVI firmly underscored the importance of upholding the dignity of all human life when he met President Barack Obama on Friday.
The Pope not only made it plain from the outset that true progress for people depends on “the defense and promotion of life” but also unexpectedly gave Obama a copy of Dignitas Personae ("Dignity of a Person"), a recent Vatican document explaining the church’s position on abortion, embryonic stem-cell research, and other life issues.
Here's what we call absence of dignity and why Americans are expected to live that way. Also why I defy anyone's expectations personally and responsibly.
I tend to think of this scene too much for my own good and that's the reason why all I can expect from this backward culture is a public hanging for saying something pulpy.
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