1.0 link 132075 <![CDATA[Catholic Priest Defies Church Over Antigay Ballot Initiative]]> http://www.huffingtonpost.com/karen-ocamb/catholic-priest-defies-ch_b_132075.html "A man of conscience." The phrase seems almost quaint today when most leaders talk largely about tactics, strategies, and short-term goals while not rocking the boat.

But some of us remember the agonizing efforts of conscientious objectors during the Vietnam War -- men and women of substance such as military analyst Daniel Ellsberg who released the Pentagon Papers, which the Washington Post's Katherine Graham published; Mohammad Ali who gave up his heavyweight title rather than submit to the draft; and...

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