[Red Badger]

Isn't this slightly Un-consti-freakin-tutional?........

[Dominick]

Feh, now WE can scream separation of Church and State!

[KarlInOhio]

Please say that this is really from Scrappleface. Please?

I can barely believe that even Bostonians would be this stupid.

[kjam22]

I'm certain the archdiocese has "had a thought" or concern regarding those that will be hurt by the closings. Maybe the city could pony up some money to the church to help feed these poor that they are so worried about?

[NYer]

Councilors said the archdiocese has gone ahead with closings without thought for the city's most vulnerable citizens, Catholic and non-Catholic alike, who use church-based food pantries and 12-step programs.

Would this not be a violation of Religious Land Use and Institutionalized Persons Act

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[gridlock]

They should just condemn the churches under eminent domain, and then they can run the soup kitchens and the AA meetings themselves. Or they could hand the land over to a private developer and get all that sweet, sweet tax revenue.

Of course, the same could be said of your church...

[joebuck]

Whaddaya know, this is an instance where when you say "seperation of church and state" there is really a church involved. Most of the time when libs say "seperation of church and state" they really mean "seperation of faith and state"; two totally different things.

[OpusatFR]

Where's the ACLU? This is a blatant interference by the government into a religion's affair.


~croak......ribbit, croak.....silence....

[joebuck]

Whaddaya know, this is an instance where when you say "seperation of church and state" there is really a church involved. Most of the time when libs say "seperation of church and state" they really mean "seperation of faith and state"; two totally different things.

[Knitting A Conundrum]

Making political hay over something they can't do diddlesquat about, I see....

[daybreakcoming]

Brighton City Councilor Jerry P. McDermott, the lead sponsor

hmmmmm....let's see. Jerry has been a member of Ward 2 Democrat Committee and a legislative aide to Joseph P Kennedy II. But he's also a Catholic. Must be a John Kerry kind of Catholic. And his wife's name is Aoibheann(???) according to his bio.

[freepatriot32]

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[highlander_UW]

The anti-religion forces seem to be lining up an arsenal of weapons to use against churches. The Kelo ruling will also allow them to take away church properties on the grounds that a Safeway or some other taxpaying business would provide a greater tax income compared to a tax-exempt church. This is just one piece of the arsenal being arrayed.

[Romish_Papist]

This is... just... wow...

[BenLurkin]

Wierd.

[pieces of time]

Not that I doubted you, but I couldn't believe this was for real. I still don't believe it. This article is going to get a lot of e-mail mileage.
Wonder what these brains had to say about Bush's Faith Based Initiative.

[traviskicks]

This is strait out of atlas shrugged. The lawyers are allowed to pillage the church until it is bankrupt for child abuse scandals, but then the libs hollar when it shuts down social services. Would like to see more info on this.

[Wuli]

Oh I see. If we want to interfere with a religion, that is O.K., but if you have a religion, keep it secret or you'll be labeled as interferring with the government.

That must be the new definition of "separation of church and state".

[Blue Champagne]

Bump for the afternoon crew.