From The Sadness of Christ:
And for this consideration doth God much mislike lying, for
that the words which were by him ordained truly to express our minds by, we falsely pervert to a quite
contrary use. In which sort and manner doth he grievously displease God also, that misturneth those
laws that were devised to defend men from wrong, to be instruments to wrong men by.
Saint Thomas saw the law he had dedictated his life to, weaponized against believing Catholics.
Law is the path on which a citizen may safely walk.
But… legislators become overzealous and legislate every area of human endeavor resulting in an intrusive and voluminous codex that the average man cannot hope to navigate without falling off an increasingly circuitous causeway.
The guide ropes have now become the noose with which they seek to hang us.
… The Optimist makes a good point, and they’re increasingly making laws to keep us safe from ourselves …