polemics, anyone?

By Diogenes ( articles ) | Sep 21, 2005

America magazine wants to build up a culture of life. Nuanced, naturally.

And let's not be "polemical" about it, the America editorial exhorts us. Other people (you know, those unsubtle pro-lifers) might resort to "sloganeering and sound bites," but not Jesuit magazine editors.

To be fair, America does mention abortion-- once, in a quote. embryonic-tissue research, euthanasia, homosexuality, and contraception are not mentioned. Too polemical, probably. But would you care which issue does get front-and-center treatment?

Right.

"An ethic of life for today also calls for poetry," the editors tell us. And they have an example: Dead Man Walking, the film about Sister Helen Prejean's campaign against the death penalty.