Is the Daily Mail part of the LAT/WP syndicate? There nothing about it in the copyright list.
And when Mother Teresa died, they refused to light it Blue for her.
A bunch of pole smoking bigots is what they are.
Empire State Building Rejects Request to Honor Mother Teresa; Catholic League Plans Protest
http://abcnews.go.com/Travel/empire-state-building-rejects-request-honor-mother-teresa/story?id=11486871#.UdGp396-lIg
By KIMBERLY BROWN (@thekimberlyb) and SCOTT MAYEROWITZ
Aug. 26, 2010
A Catholic group is rallying its troops after it says the building “stiffed” Mother Teresa, denying a request to light up the landmark in blue and white lights in commemoration of the Nobel Peace Prize winner’s birth.
...Three months after Catholic League officials submitted an application, its leaders say, they were stunned to receive a rejection. No explanation was given to them.
...”Although ESB has a tradition of lightings for the religious holidays of Easter, Eid al-Fitr, Hanukkah, and Christmas, our lighting partnership guidelines — with which all organizations must agree as a condition for submitting an application — state clearly that we do not accommodate requests for religious figures or requests by religions and religious organizations.”
...The Catholic League and its allies called the long-awaited statement less than illuminating. “Malkin is either misinformed or he is lying,” said Donohue, adding that John Cardinal O’Connor’s death was recognized with red and white lighting in 2005.
The death of Pope John Paul II was marked with a dimming of the lights overnight...
I will never willing visit that filthy city again. Last time there, I was not impressed. Some of the rudest people I've ever met.
