Amendment can't protect us from moral claims

John Huebscher, executive director of the Wisconsin Catholic Conference, was among the authors of this op-ed against the Taxpayer Protection Amendment in today's Milwaukee Journal Sentinel.

It is telling that backers of the amendment wrap it in the rhetoric of "protection." Such language represents yet another appeal to our fears and our discomfort with the uncertainties of life in society.

What's telling is Mr. Huebscher's willingness to use this mode of argument against the TPA. Here are reports of his lobbying on behalf of the WCC for the Human Embryo Protection Act and the WCC's work on the Family Farm Protection Act.

Update: More at Dad29.

P.S. Lest we forget, the Charter for the Protection of Children and Young People.