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Desmond Tutu: Not invited to Mandela funeral
Associated Press ^ | Dec 14, 2013 11:23 AM EST | Gregory Katz

Posted on 12/14/2013 9:04:30 AM PST by Olog-hai

Another controversy hit South Africa’s long goodbye to anti-apartheid icon Nelson Mandela on Saturday when his fellow anti-apartheid foe Desmond Tutu said he had not been accredited as a clergyman at the funeral by the government so would not attend.

Mac Maharaj, a spokesman for the South African president Jacob Zuma, insisted that Tutu is on the guest list and that he hopes a solution will be found so Tutu attends.

The 82-year-old retired Anglican archbishop of Cape Town indicated he felt he had been snubbed by the current government, with which he has clashed several times in the past. …

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TOPICS: Chit/Chat; Religion; Society
KEYWORDS: desmondtutu; funeral; mandela; nelsonmandela; southafrica

1 posted on 12/14/2013 9:04:30 AM PST by Olog-hai
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To: Olog-hai

Does he know sign language???

There still may be a spot for him.


2 posted on 12/14/2013 9:09:45 AM PST by Uncle Chip
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To: Olog-hai

Yet another Mandela funeral stink scene.


3 posted on 12/14/2013 9:10:16 AM PST by Berlin_Freeper (Obamacare - Get used to dying.)
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To: Olog-hai

First they burglarize his shanty during the Mandela Memorial Extravaganza, then this.


4 posted on 12/14/2013 9:11:59 AM PST by PghBaldy (12/14 - 930am -rampage begins... 12/15 - 1030am - Obama's advance team scouts photo-op locations.)
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To: PghBaldy

I don’t know if it’s me, the times we we live in, the speed and proliferation of the internet or what ... but it sure seems the world has become MORE topsy turvy since the kenyan invaded our White House.


5 posted on 12/14/2013 9:19:57 AM PST by knarf (I say things that are true .. I have no proof .. but they're true.)
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To: Olog-hai

They ay he is not accredited as a clergyman. They are smarter than the rest of the world who do recognize this fraud.


6 posted on 12/14/2013 9:20:27 AM PST by Venturer (Half Staff the Flag of the US for Terrorists.)
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To: Olog-hai
John Fogerty - Don't mess with my TuTu
7 posted on 12/14/2013 9:25:32 AM PST by Liberty Valance (Keep a simple manner for a happy life :o)
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To: knarf

You got that right. It’s as if the Earth is tilting more...


8 posted on 12/14/2013 9:38:34 AM PST by PghBaldy (12/14 - 930am -rampage begins... 12/15 - 1030am - Obama's advance team scouts photo-op locations.)
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To: knarf

I mark it from the election of Bill Clinton. America knew in 1992 what a scoundrel he was — but he was elected anyway. That event, in my mind, marks the beginning of the end.


9 posted on 12/14/2013 9:50:37 AM PST by BenLurkin (This is not a statement of fact. It is either opinion or satire; or both.)
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To: Venturer

He’s retired, so I wouldn’t call that being a fraud. He’s not being invited because he’s highly critical of the ANC and various political powers of SA. Frankly, I’m surprised he hasn’t been knocked off for calling people out for being hypocrits, racists, and criminals.


10 posted on 12/14/2013 9:59:42 AM PST by Kirkwood (Zombie Hunter)
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To: Uncle Chip
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11 posted on 12/14/2013 11:47:36 AM PST by SWAMPSNIPER (The Second Amendment, a Matter of Fact, Not a Matter of Opinion)
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To: SWAMPSNIPER

LOL

Is that a yes or a no???


12 posted on 12/14/2013 12:00:34 PM PST by Uncle Chip
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To: Olog-hai; AdmSmith; AnonymousConservative; Berosus; bigheadfred; Bockscar; cardinal4; ColdOne; ...

Desmond “To Hell With the West” Tutu, not accredited as clergy by the South African Black Majority Rule? So sad.


13 posted on 12/14/2013 2:36:17 PM PST by SunkenCiv (http://www.freerepublic.com/~mestamachine/)
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To: BenLurkin

>> “I mark it from the election of Bill Clinton. America knew in 1992 what a scoundrel he was — but he was elected anyway.” <<

Not exactly!

You’re forgetting GHWB’s arch enemy Ross Perot who spent millions of his own money to take votes away from him.


14 posted on 12/14/2013 2:45:50 PM PST by editor-surveyor (Freepers: Not as smart as I'd hoped they'd be)
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To: Olog-hai

15 posted on 12/14/2013 2:48:13 PM PST by BRL
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