Women send up pink smoke to protest male-only conclave to elect pope

Catholic News Service ^ | 4/18/2005

[mike182d]

CHICAGO (CNS) -- Before the cardinals locked into the Sistine Chapel had a chance to cast their first ballot April 18, a group protesting the lack of women's voices in the conclave gathered outside Holy Name Cathedral in Chicago to send up billows of bright pink smoke along with prayers for women to be heard. The event featured statements from several organizations supporting the ordination of women that called on the church to open its doors fully to women's participation. "At a time when young women are sold into slavery around the world, when war brings the rape of women, when it is women and children who suffer in poverty on earth and organized religions keep women in bondage celebrating the language of a male God, we know we cannot keep the silence demanded by male leadership in a church that claims to speak out for human rights," said Dominican Sister Donna Quinn, a member of the National Coalition of American Nuns.

[Paulus Invictus]

Will the gays want a purple smoke to be sure they are represented?

[ninenot]

You called?

See my tagline.

[Lazamataz]

Sorry, that would be bigamy

Of course that would be big of you. It would be big of me too. Let's all be big for a change!

[MacDorcha]

My girlfriend loves knitting. My mom loves crochet(ing?)

My girlfriend also loves making me clothes.

Now I just need to get ONE of us to be the "tidy one"

I like to cook. But she does the baking :)

[St. Johann Tetzel]

They can't do the baby making without 'help'.

Turkey baster?

Rule One: No Poofters...

[Teacher317]

Shut up, get in the kitchen, bake me a pie and knit me a sweater and make babies.
C'mon Laz, it's spring. Fall is the time for sweaters!

Do you really want to see Laz in knitted shorts and a knitted tanktop?

[Romish_Papist]

Awwww, SIster is a feminist. Isn't that precious?

Seriously, she, and her ilk need to be purged. Someone tell me why this has not happened yet!

[SamAdams76]

How come feminism always goes back in the closet whenever the lawn needs mowing, or when the car needs a new alterator belt or when the trash needs to be taken out?

I don't see these women getting too riled up about being excluded from the draft either. I can think of a lot more things that women can do to make themselves more equal - if that's what they really want.

[wmichgrad]

I don't think it is a sin. These are her opinions and don't necessarily go against the commandments given to us by God or Jesus. I think you would have to consider her opinions and beliefs as a whole to determine whether or not what she says goes against Church teaching, though, and whether or not she is really a Catholic.

[Free and Armed]

Damn, I could hear the annoying screech of their shrill voices in my head babbling on about women's rights and equality as I read the article.

[Pelayo]

A witch! A witch!...

We have found a witch. May we burn her?

[Diana in Wisconsin]

"...a group protesting the lack of women's voices in the conclave gathered outside Holy Name Cathedral in Chicago to send up billows of bright pink smoke..."

Ack! Pollution! When are the EnviroWackos gonna shut these women down for damaging our Oh-So-Fragile Ecosystem? Ack! Ack!

[netmilsmom]

I'm sorry Love, I can only crochet.

[RobbyS]

Perversely my thought is: women cardinals but only after all these women have gone to meet their reward.

[aculeus]

Did they burn pink bras?

[fortunecookie]

My girlfriend loves knitting. My mom loves crochet(ing?)

My mom and my sister love(d) to knit, but I just didn't get the rhythm of it. I picked up crochet easily, they didn't get that, so it was a nice mix.

My girlfriend also loves making me clothes.

Sewing is definitely an almost lost art. My mom was an excellent seamstress/tailor, she was quite remarkable. I didn't get the 'sewing gene'. It's definitely a talent. You're very lucky. Sounds like a good match.

[netmilsmom]

>>Sorry, that would be bigamy. :)<<

It would be big of Laz too.
To share.

[earlyamerican]

Why do these commies have to hijack the very feminine color of pink. I resent it.

[ArrogantBustard]

Thanks a whole heck of a lot. It's almost lunch time here on the East Coast ... that was a top-notch appetite suppressant.

[Protagoras]

Do you really want to see Laz in knitted shorts and a knitted tanktop?

UMMMM, I'm not sure I want to see him at all.