Immoral and Not Us

Nancy Pelosi has claimed that she is unalterably opposed to a border wall on the grounds that such a barrier is immoral. Exactly why a wall is immoral Ms Pelosi didn't deign to say, evidently preferring to have us figure it out for ourselves.

The Daily Caller contacted her office to see if our newly re-elected Speaker of the House, who is by the way a Roman Catholic, would favor us with her opinions on the morality of a few other matters.

She was asked whether, putting aside the question of whether abortion should be legal or not, does Speaker Pelosi think that:

• sex-selective abortions — e.g. aborting an unborn baby solely because she’s a girl — are immoral?
• it’s immoral to coerce Catholic nuns to subsidize birth control?
• it’s immoral for Democratic senators to use membership in a Catholic charitable organization, the Knights of Columbus, as a negative test for judicial office?

Unfortunately and unsurprisingly, Ms Pelosi’s office declined to favor us with any enlightenment as to what the Speaker might think about any of the above questions.

The difference between the border wall and abortion, of course, is that her base opposes the former and considers the latter a sacrament. Thus, the former is ipso facto decidedly immoral and the latter is a topic on which she'd prefer to invoke the Biblical advice to judge not lest you be judged.

The next time you hear someone say that a wall is immoral or that it's not "who we are" ask the individual to explain what it is about putting a wall on the border that makes it immoral. Ask them why a wall to keep people from illegally entering the country is any less moral than locking one's doors at night to keep people from illegally entering one's house.

Ask them what it means, exactly, to say that a wall is "not who we are."

I doubt you'll get a coherent answer, or any answer at all.