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New York Times ^ | November 5, 2006 | DAVID D. KIRKPATRICK

Posted on 11/05/2006 4:54:51 AM PST by Pharmboy

Edited on 11/05/2006 4:56:53 AM PST by Admin Moderator. [history]

Democrats playing catch-up to Republicans in courting religious voters have found a secret weapon: nuns.

In Ohio and Michigan, Democrats have recruited nearly two dozen nuns in each state to work phone banks. In Ohio, the nuns have made calls for the campaign for governor of Representative Ted Strickland and the Senate campaign of Representative Sherrod Brown.


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TOPICS: Politics/Elections; US: Michigan; US: Ohio
KEYWORDS: abortion; catholics; electioneering; fauxreligion; homosexualagenda; moralabsolutes; nones; nuns
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Thought this might be of interest.
1 posted on 11/05/2006 4:54:51 AM PST by Pharmboy
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To: Pharmboy

Nuns working for the party of unfettered abortions?


2 posted on 11/05/2006 4:59:46 AM PST by marvlus
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To: Pharmboy

The odds of a democrat possessing a moral conscience- slim to nun.


3 posted on 11/05/2006 4:59:50 AM PST by MaryFromMichigan
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To: Pharmboy

The party of 'separation of church and state'..hypocrites.


4 posted on 11/05/2006 5:02:37 AM PST by RetSignman (MSMDEMS: "If you tell a big enough lie, frequently enough, it becomes the truth")
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To: Pharmboy

So nuns are the latest demographic group to the leave the GOP, according to the NY Slimes?


5 posted on 11/05/2006 5:02:42 AM PST by KC_Conspirator
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To: MaryFromMichigan

LOL,...and Slim has left town.


6 posted on 11/05/2006 5:03:58 AM PST by RetSignman (MSMDEMS: "If you tell a big enough lie, frequently enough, it becomes the truth")
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To: Pharmboy

That's OK. Democrats will tell oterh Democrats to hire nuns and they will think they meant to hire none.


7 posted on 11/05/2006 5:06:57 AM PST by Always Right
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To: RetSignman

EXCELLENT point...


8 posted on 11/05/2006 5:08:33 AM PST by Pharmboy (Vote American, not Democrat.)
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To: marvlus

I would send a letter to the bishop in their diocese and let it be known these sisters are advocating the election of pro abortion candidates.


9 posted on 11/05/2006 5:08:38 AM PST by TNCMAXQ
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To: KC_Conspirator

I would bet the farm these the nuns they are using were never demonrats and are probably pro-choice priest wannabes.


10 posted on 11/05/2006 5:09:29 AM PST by Diva
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To: Pharmboy

lib/dems have no morals.....they have nun!!!

a sign of desperation to employ the catholic church to become useful idiots....if they are representatives of the church...which is a non profit 501 c 3 and they are now part of the lib/dem campaign party...should they be non profit?????


11 posted on 11/05/2006 5:10:26 AM PST by hnj_00
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To: Diva
I don't doubt the priest wannabes, but I would bet they have been registered Democrats their entire lives.
12 posted on 11/05/2006 5:11:26 AM PST by Talking_Mouse (wahhabi delenda est)
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To: marvlus
" Nuns working for the party of unfettered abortions?"

That's not entirely surprising. There have been priests who have praised the leftists in Nicaragua.

13 posted on 11/05/2006 5:12:03 AM PST by Enterprise (Let's not enforce laws that are already on the books, let's just write new laws we won't enforce.)
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To: Talking_Mouse

Oh yes indeed!


14 posted on 11/05/2006 5:12:46 AM PST by Diva
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To: Enterprise

Sadly, you are correct.


15 posted on 11/05/2006 5:13:19 AM PST by Diva
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To: Talking_Mouse

I believe perhaps this is the answer. Feminism seems to take precedence over religion. Many nuns have a wish to be priests and it wont happen, However these nuns should think about the abortions that Democrats espouse and think of their souls before pushing their gender.


16 posted on 11/05/2006 5:14:15 AM PST by sgtbono2002 (The fourth estate is a fifth column.)
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To: Pharmboy

Last election, I had thought that by now the Democrats would be in the front rows of the churches on Sunday because they believed they had been outflanked by the Republicans on the religious issue. If they lose this time, they'll be standing on the street corners handing out religious tracts with "God loves Democrats" on the front of them.


17 posted on 11/05/2006 5:14:57 AM PST by Enterprise (Let's not enforce laws that are already on the books, let's just write new laws we won't enforce.)
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To: RetSignman
Good one. FReepers are on it already. The party of abortion, gay marriage, NAMBLA, and separation of church and state wants the religious vote. HA!
18 posted on 11/05/2006 5:16:50 AM PST by Enterprise (Let's not enforce laws that are already on the books, let's just write new laws we won't enforce.)
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To: Pharmboy

In the San Francisco Bay Area are liberal nuns. They are very active in Amnesty International, passing out green cards to illegals, and vote Democrat. If you've spent any time at all with these 'nuns', the hairs on the back of your neck would raise. The dark side of these nuns is nothing I would ever qualify as "Christian" nor "Catholic".


19 posted on 11/05/2006 5:17:29 AM PST by Alia
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To: KC_Conspirator
So nuns are the latest demographic group to the leave the GOP, according to the NY Slimes?

That's what the NY Times wants everyone to believe. The rifts and splits in all MAJOR faiths have been going on for decades: The Orthodox, and then the "Liberal" wings.

20 posted on 11/05/2006 5:18:50 AM PST by Alia
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