More fallout from the coverups.
Sad.
I'm not catholic, but this is in extremely poor taste. What store in their right mind would order such nonsense.
They sell all sorts of trash insulting every conceivable group, religious and otherwise. Also dirty postcards, "novelty" sex items, Goth stuff, leather stuff, nasty T-shirts . . . they do sell some good items like Lord of the Rings memorabilia and sci-fi/fantasy movie T-shirts, but you have to put up with an amazing amount of dreck. My 18 year old daughter is too embarrassed to go in the place (which is why I was in there buying a LOTR T-shirt for her.)
It's not quite an "adult book store" but it's close.
We dress up as witches and devils. How can we justify not allowing them to dress up as priests and nuns?
How odd.
When I change some of the links to google which are presented in this topic from being Catholic-themed "costume" to "islamic costume" or "jihadist costume", suddenly no halloween costumes are presented. I wonder why that may be??
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Costume Intolerance Unmasked
All it takes is polite determination. The American TFP’s latest protest proves once again that protests can and do work when people get involved. The American TFP web site organized an email and phone protest to participating stores and web sites manifesting “disgust and vehement protest” for a portrayal “offensive to all Catholics who hold the Catholic priesthood and all religious in utmost esteem.”
Successful Protest
Upon hearing from consumers, many managers immediately took the costumes off their shelves and websites. Others were not as cooperative. Among those respecting Catholic beliefs was Spencer Gifts, a major distributor, which pulled the costume from its selection and website and apparently sent an order to its stores to pull it from selections. Spirit Halloween is also not selling it on their website.
SHOP.COM, an Internet shopping mall with over 1, 000 shops, took notice of the protest and removed the costume from its site. “If you see items like this in the future amongst the 1000 stores on our site, please notify us,” the manager said in an email. After a complaint, one mall manager asked the manager of a recently opened Halloween store to take action and “was very accommodating in removing the items mentioned.” Others who have talked to managers report similar success.
Toleration not Tolerated
While some have respected their Catholic consumers by pulling the blasphemous costume from their stocks, others are far from accommodating. Protesters who have expressed themselves politely to distributors have been dismayed by some responses that have offended and personally attack those exercising their right to protest. One particular distributor found the irreverent costume “funny” and even called protesters “followers of Satan.” Blatant attacks on the Catholic Church left no doubt where the distributor stood.
Such is typical of a kind of liberalism that proclaims intolerance in the name of tolerance. When any evil is opposed, those defending any Christian values are called “intolerant” toward those who are intolerant. In the case of these Halloween costumes, one should call it what it is: Intolerance unmasked. Many have already pulled the item. Our protests have met with success! It is not too late to send another protest to those who are still carrying and listing the costume by sending an e-protest to those still selling the “Happy Priest” costume and its companion “Pregnant Nun” portrayal.
You can still voice your rejection of this insult to the priesthood and the religious. Here is all you have to do!
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