Be that as it may, the topic of this discussion is: "the "freedom" of the Catholic hierarchy to impose rules that even most Catholics don't live by."
No it isn't. It might be if it was actually trying to impose rules, but at least in this case, it isn't.
I am arguing the point of yours to which I responded, whether the Church's action is an imposition.
OK, then other impositions (like the government's) would be a side question if we are going to narrowly focus on that point. But I don't see anything else to say about it. Not paying for something isn't an imposition against you, except possibly in the most extreme cases (you have a totally communist government, with complete control of the food supply, and it won't provide you with food unless you knuckle under, you have a space station, with privately owned areas that buy air from a monopoly, and some person can't afford the air, and there is no charity or assistance for it, and the air provider won't give any unless the person needing air does something that they consider quite objectionable, etc.) |
