(Lifenews.com) – Vice President J.D. Vance released his book Communion: Finding My Way Back to Faith last month, where he raised issues regarding the case of my sister, Terri Schiavo.
The Vice President expressed frustration with the enormous amount of attention one woman received from evangelical leaders, arguing that broader ethical issues involving “a world filled with overlooked tragedy” were not receiving the consideration they deserved.
But the Vice President’s critique misses the real tragedy of what transpired. By framing the events as an overzealous cultural war invented by religious groups, he fails to see a painful truth: the institutional Church did not overreach; it failed. CONTINUE