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Paris Mayor renames Notre Dame square after John Paul II, prompting protests (Sneering Leftists)
International Herald Tribune (AP) ^
| 9/3/2006
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Posted on 09/03/2006 12:43:14 PM PDT by Pyro7480
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French Archbishop of Paris Cardinal Andre Vingt-trois (Centre R) and Paris' Socialist Party mayor Bertrand Delanoe (Centre L) unveil a new street plate on the square in front of Notre Dame cathedral in central Paris September 3, 2006 during a ceremony to rename the esplanade after the late pope John Paul II. The decision was voted through the Paris council in June, and required a dispensation for the city's general rule that five years must pass after the death of prominent personalities before public places are named after them. REUTERS/Charles Platiau (France)
A protester (C) struggles with spectators after holding up a placard during a ceremony on the square in front of Notre Dame cathedral in central Paris, to rename the esplanade after the late pope John Paul II, September 3, 2006. Some 200 people protested carrying banners reading 'Square of the AIDS dead' as well as crucifixes decorated with condoms. Tens of them were arrested before and during the ceremony. REUTERS/Charles Platiau (France)
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posted on
09/03/2006 12:43:16 PM PDT
by
Pyro7480
To: Siobhan; Canticle_of_Deborah; broadsword; NYer; Salvation; sandyeggo; american colleen; ...
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posted on
09/03/2006 12:43:51 PM PDT
by
Pyro7480
("Love is the fusion of two souls in one in order to bring about mutual perfection." -S. Terese Andes)
To: Pyro7480
Just look at the hatred in her face.
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posted on
09/03/2006 12:45:17 PM PDT
by
B Knotts
(Newt '08!)
To: Pyro7480
WHY should it be renamed at all?
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posted on
09/03/2006 12:46:52 PM PDT
by
nmh
(Intelligent people recognize Intelligent Design (God) .)
To: Pyro7480
""Delanoe is honoring an assassin," some chanted, John Paul's opposition to condoms, along with other forms of contraception, was responsible for hundreds, even thousands of deaths to AIDS and other diseases."
But aborting babies isn't assassination, it's a right!
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posted on
09/03/2006 12:51:16 PM PDT
by
james500
To: Pyro7480
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posted on
09/03/2006 12:51:29 PM PDT
by
nmh
(Intelligent people recognize Intelligent Design (God) .)
To: nmh
Those in charge of the square disagree.
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posted on
09/03/2006 12:54:03 PM PDT
by
RodgerD
(Reject the Democrat's Migration Explosion Act of 2006. No to 70 million new third-world aliens.)
To: Pyro7480
What ever happened to the French naming it George Bush Square?
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posted on
09/03/2006 12:56:10 PM PDT
by
A CA Guy
(God Bless America, God bless and keep safe our fighting men and women.)
To: Pyro7480
"Delanoe is honoring an assassin,"They are doing it to themselves.
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posted on
09/03/2006 12:58:04 PM PDT
by
Bahbah
(Goldwasser, Regev and Shalit, we are praying for you...)
To: Marie007
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posted on
09/03/2006 1:16:28 PM PDT
by
Earthdweller
(All reality is based on faith in something.)
To: B Knotts
Actually, I think she's bound and determined to wrest that sign away from the one who says John Paul was doing gays and spreading AIDS.
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posted on
09/03/2006 1:17:14 PM PDT
by
freema
(Marine FRiend, 1stCuz2xRemoved, Mom, Aunt, Sister, Friend, Wife, Daughter, Niece)
To: freema
I was talking about the woman (at least I think it's a woman) in the center who is identified as the protester.
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posted on
09/03/2006 1:36:17 PM PDT
by
B Knotts
(Newt '08!)
To: Pyro7480
Leftists hate religion and people of faith, and, in some cases, God himself. Remember this when you see Democrats on television.
To: Pyro7480
"...as well as crucifixes decorated with condoms..."Ahh yes. We have our God, and they have theirs
To: freema
I think the lady in pink is taking the sign away from the one in black.
To: Pyro7480
Is it just a Square or was it really named Notre Dame Square before?
If it was named Notre dame Square which means dedicated to the Blessed Mother --Mary-- I would say it is really not appropriate to change that name for a mere Pope.
Now no matter what you thought of Pope John II his status in heaven is nowhere near that of the Mother of Christ.
It should not be on earth either.
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posted on
09/03/2006 1:57:27 PM PDT
by
sgtbono2002
(The fourth estate is a fifth column.)
To: Earthdweller
I saw it on tv, people protested are from the hard left and from Act up. It is a shame to see these persons did that, against Jean Paul II, I don't understand.
Delanoe was against also, but he told it was a decision voted through the Paris council and he is Paris mayor so he applied this decision. Delanoe is an homosexual, everybody knows it in France.
Look at the woman in black, in the middle of the picture, she is very angry and uggly, she took the old lady in pink's hat,she is the only person who protests in the middle of the others, she looks like a crazy person.
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posted on
09/03/2006 2:20:44 PM PDT
by
Marie007
(La politique dénature et ruine l'amitié)
To: Marie007
To: Marie007
..she looks like a crazy person.
Laughing!!! Yes it is true.
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posted on
09/03/2006 2:24:03 PM PDT
by
Earthdweller
(All reality is based on faith in something.)
To: Nihil Obstat
Yes I think so, the problem with these persons they are very very aggresive.
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posted on
09/03/2006 2:26:04 PM PDT
by
Marie007
(La politique dénature et ruine l'amitié)
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