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How St. Thomas Aquinas Helps Us Resist ‘Weaponized’ Laws, by Matthew McCusker – Brown Pelican Society of Lousiana

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By Matthew McCusker, LifeSiteNews, May 10, 2024 – 11:42 am EDT

Any purported law, which either (a) is contrary to reason, (b) is contrary to the common good of the community for which it is made, (c) is made by an individual lacking legitimate authority or (d) is not duly promulgated, is null and void and has no binding effect.

It is also necessary for adult humans, who have to live together peacefully in society, to obey the laws, even at the cost of personal benefit or convenience.

No state could fulfil its role of attaining the common good, if the members of a society refused to submit to its legitimate authority or to obey the laws made for the good of the community. Furthermore, man, in his fallen human nature, often needs some form of external coercion to prevent him from committing actions harmful to the common good.

There are also negative consequences to man’s tendency to conform to accepted laws and customs. ….

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