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| Attending the March for Life in Washington, D.C., were representatives from the Diocese of Madison including, from left, Jennifer Dunnett, Bob Dorn, and Patrick Delaney pictured as they stand in front of the Supreme Court Building. (Contributed photo) |
WASHINGTON, D.C. — Despite a significant snow storm and particularly frigid weather, the 2014 March for Life in Washington, D.C., rallied-on with undaunted participation and unquenchable energy.
The march remains the largest annual demonstration in the world regularly garnering hundreds of thousands of participants.
The dignity of human life
This persistent high representation indicates a cause which is deeper in significance than congressional budgetary items or tax policy.
Indeed, it touches upon the very foundation of civilized society, the inviolable dignity of the human person.
It affirms the fundamental truth that human rights precede the state, and — as acknowledged by the Declaration of Independence — the fundamental purpose of government is to affirm and protect these rights.
Blessed Pope John XXIII rightly taught that when these fundamental rights are not recognized and protected by government, it calls the very legitimacy of such governments into question.