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On the recordNovember 1, 2011
Conscience is at the core of Catholic teaching, you said, but slavery was not left to personal decisions and conscience, thank goodness.
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Tim Murphy
Republican · Pennsylvania

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Murphy argues against the idea that conscience should dictate all moral decisions, using slavery as an example.

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