Liberals used to be the font of new energy and thinking in the great social and moral debates -- of the 1960s. But those same people who are now in power have the same agenda items as back then. Honestly, have they had any new ideas in the last 40 years besides global warming? The John Paul II conservatives are the ones with the energy and new ideas, such as the theology of the body.
Young liberals must respond to stay relevant. Liberals are at our best when we are peacemakers -- when we convey a genuine openness to others of different faiths and political leanings that who they are is OK with us. That is the core of liberalism -- not abortion rights or gay rights or women priests.
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