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Wednesday, August 22, 2012

252. Acquiesce


Excerpt from, "Social Justice and Ryan the Heretic," by William McGurn, The Wall Street Journal, 8/21/12:

In retrospect, the turning point is easy to spot: liberal Catholicism's acquiescence in the Deocratic Party's drift toward supporting abortion at a time when church lead3rs had the influence to stop it.

Ac·qui·esce: accept something reluctantly but without protest


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