Two hundred and twenty-nine years ago, the founding fathers of America inscribed in the United States Constitution’s Bill of Rights the right to religious freedom. Since that date, September 17, 1787, we have not only be allowed, but given the right to participate in our country’s political life as Catholics. Although our views are not always widely accepted, it is our duty to continue to fight for the right and just for laws and regulations. Especially in this day and age, several controversial topic threaten to violate of conscience as Catholics if passed and made laws. Topics such as abortion, the death penalty, under God being spoken in the Pledge of Allegiance, and gay marriage, all are controversial in today’s society. As Catholics, we are called to make our beliefs heard on laws that may violate our consciences. Abortion has been a controversial topic in the United States’ political life for a long period of time. As Catholics, we believe that life begins at the moment conception. To kill a fetus in a womb is the same as killing a child outside the womb. There has been many debates over whether or not abortion should be legal. As Catholics, we are called to stand up for the fetuses in the womb who cannot speak for …show more content…
On June 26, 2015, gay marriage was legalized in all fifty states due to a ruling in the Supreme Court. Before the Supreme Court ruling, gay marriage was already legal in thirty- seven states. However, as Catholics we are against gay marriage because in the Bible it clearly states that marriage is between a man and a women. “But at the beginning of creation God ‘made them male and female.’ ‘For this reason a man will leave his father and mother and be united to his wife, and the two will become one flesh.’ So they are no longer two, but one flesh. Therefore what God has joined together, let no one separate.”(Mark