Progressive People of Faith: Fred Clark, "The Slacktivist" blogger.

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13. Yes, you could.

But then, I don't put much stock in "historical relativity".

Philip Berrigan died in 2002, not 1865. By the time of his passing, Roe v. Wade had been decided, feminism had made its case for abortion being integral to a woman's control over her own body, and protecting abortion had become an item of importance on almost every progressive and liberal platform of note. The pro-choice position was not obscure. It was certainly more widely held than the Berrigans' own absurdly inflexible ethos of "consistency of life".

As to your second highlighted point, are you opposing helping such victims?

Come on, man. "Medication and food" don't combat HIV/AIDS. Condoms do. But we all know why he wasn't praying for rich westerners to send condoms to AIDS hot zones.