It refers to the practice of creating wedge issues, especially those with no real chance of any progress, to use to fire up the masses to vote, volunteer and contribute to the Republican Party and to peel members away from the Democrats. The whole right of concious thing was addressed in Dignitas Humanae, but not in a way you would likely approve of. I scratch my head at the hierarchs who thought fighting is was an acceptable idea and those of their fans who still can't get behind it. The gist of both the recent and Dignitas is saying, like Roe, that supporting rule by Catholic mob is no longer a requrement of the faith. Just the opposite because it violates the dignity of the individual. All the stuff Aquinas wrote about free will. Marry it to the enlightenment and you have Dignitas Jesus did not come to make us slaves to himself or to the leaders of the Church. It is time to add meaning to the washing of the feet, but year-round.