Christianity and the Civil Law: Secularity, Privacy, and the Status of Objective Moral Norms

This article will address three specific questions within a Catholic framework: 1) What is the justification for asserting that objective moral norms apply to the content of the civil law?; 2) Why is not the law\u27s secular character a barrier to enactments, based on objective moral norms?; and 3) Why is not the private character of reproductive and other activities a barrier to the enactment of legal regulation affecting them