text: The real problem for people like Gallagher is not the blurring of the line between "pro-life" and other issues, but rather that some issues are, in his view, non-negotiable at the ballot box and others aren't. When someone like him says, "... migration, arms control, poverty and the environment are important to the life and mission of the Church, but ...," you can bet your bottom dollar that what will follow the "but" is a rationale for how those issues really aren't that important after all.
  
  The narrow view of what properly constitutes a "pro-life" position is largely responsible for the mess we now have in Washington. Congress is filled with reactionaries, many of whom have nothing to recommend them for office other than that they know how to pander to the "pro-life" crowd.
  
  Cardinals Paglia, Cupich and others just want to bring sanity and a traditional Catholic dialectic back to the "pro-life" discussion. That's becoming more important every day. In fact, it's becoming critical.