The Postal Service announced plans for the Mother Teresa stamp along with stamps honoring Katharine Hepburn, Negro Leagues Baseball and Cowboys of the Silver Screen.
Posted on 01/26/2010 9:47:39 AM PST by NYer
A prominent atheist organization in America is attacking Mother Teresa as unworthy of being honored with a memorial stamp, as the U.S. Postal Service has announced.
In fact, the Freedom From Religion Foundation is advocating that its constituents "vote with your pocketbook, and boycott these stamps."
The group also suggests, "If this choice of a polarizing Roman Catholic figurehead or the Post Office's flagrant violation of its own policy distresses you, let the Post Office know (by mail or e-mail) … Or make this the subject of an educational letter to the editor, or simply use this opportunity to enlighten friends and colleagues about the darker side of Mother Teresa's religious activism."
The Pacific Justice Institute, which engages in battles regularly on behalf of civil rights and the nation's Christian heritage, immediately launched its own campaign urging support for the stamp.
"We didn't want theirs to be the only letters," Matthew McReynolds, the organization's associate counsel, told WND.
Pacific Justice said it will send the Postal Service a letter offering legal support for the Mother Teresa stamp if it is needed.
The organization said its constituents could dispatch supportive comments via the USPS website, or they could write to:
Citizens' Stamp Advisory Committee
Stamp Department, USPS
1735 N. Lynn Street, Suite 5013
Arlington, VA 22209-6432
or
Consumer Advocate
475 L'Enfant Plaza SW, Room 10433
Washington, D.C. 20260-2200M
"Just when you think atheists and anti-religionists have run out of things to complain about, they attack Mother Teresa, one of the great role models of the last century," said PJI President Brad Dacus. "We are encouraging anyone who has been inspired by Mother Teresa to join us in writing letters of appreciation to the U.S.P.S to counter the ridiculous complaints they are receiving from the FFRF."
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mother theresa’s too good for a stamp.
Thought this might interest you.
Amen
The Duvaliers were one of the reasons that Haiti now rots in poverty.
I can’t think of a LESS polarizing figure than Mother Teresa.
I find it interesting that atheists always seem to snipe at those who do good, while failing to do good themselves.
Given their history, one would tend to believe that the FFRF is populated by nothing more than a bunch of whiny, immature adolescents who have nothing better to do than to make other people’s lives as miserable as their own.
But The PofshitOTUS is deserving of the Peace Prize
Mother Teresa gave her life
to help those who could not help themselves
What Has Nobama done?
If yodeling cowboys and black athletes merit stamps,
then so does Mother Theresa... unless the problem is
that she wasn’t a U.S. citizen. Can non-Americans
be portrayed on U.S. postage?
Notice that the article makes careful purpose not to give a name associated with the FFRF.
Lighten up. What atheist group has done more to bring attention to and relief for world?
It would be interesting to know what deep inner failure of the mental apparatus inspired the leftists to fight this stamp.
Polarizing??!!
So has any atheist ever done anything of note?
Stalin and Mao killed millions. Does that count as being of note?
Who’s going to tell the FFRF that we have freedom OF religion, not freedom FROM religion?
Is there anything these whiners WON’T complain about???
Just unreal.
“Everything I Know About Mother Teresa I Learned From Christopher Hitchens”. Required reading in some circles apparently.
“Polarizing Roman Catholic figurehead”????? They’re right on three of the four counts, but aside from a handful of loudmouth bedwetters, who finds Mother Teresa “polarizing?”
Don’t overlook Gene Autrey. He sang Rudolph the Red Nose Reindeer. A polarizing Christmas song. Written by a Jewish guy.
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