Posted on 05/02/2007 10:21:15 AM PDT by SmithL
Saint Louis (AP) -- An invitation to Sen. Claire McCaskill to speak at her daughter's graduation from a Roman Catholic high school was withdrawn because of her positions on abortion and stem cell research.
Students at all-girls St. Joseph's Academy in the St. Louis suburb of Frontenac wanted to have McCaskill speak at their commencement this month, McCaskill spokeswoman Adrianne Marsh said Tuesday.
But the offer was rescinded last week. The president of St. Joseph's, Sister Michaela Zahner, said she reluctantly made the decision after receiving a call from the St. Louis Archdiocese.
. . . The senator was told by the school that the decision came from Archbishop Raymond Burke, Marsh said.
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Stupid Bishop. The guy has singlehandedly turned off the entire St. Louis community. The guy looks like an intolerant fool. Reagan would never have done something like that. If someone is to contribute to his goals, Reagan would have accepted their help like he did with the Log Cabin Republicans.
If he was so proud of his intolerance, why did he race his PR people out yesterday to claim he had nothing to do with withdrawing McCaskill's invitation?
Now does that sound like something that Christ would have done??? Christ would have sat and ate with the sinners and you want to punish someone's kid for her parents beliefs.
Coward?
Make that three days, in some years: Christmas, Easter, and the Sunday before election day.
BOOYAH!
“I’m proud of my Catholic brothers and sisters in Christ.
Now if they would only take the appropriate action with respect to Kennedy, Kerry and other apostates.”
Last Saturday when Kennedy spoke at the Reagan Library, there were about 50 pro-choice demonstrators on the road up to the Reagan — the majority from a Catholic organization. LOTS of teenagers, which was great. Kennedy, The Governator, Nancy Reagan, etc., got up-close views of the signs as they drove by.
Being a resident of MO, I can tell you I was pleased that Claire McCaskill got her due comeuppance. You are correct, she is not a Catholic. But, Archbishop Burke is a good Catholic leader and I applaud him.
Anybody who wonders what's wrong with the American Catholic Church can see it right here. The policy against pro-abortion speakers on Catholic property makes perfect sense and is well known. Certainly it was known to the "sister" who decided to ignore it so she could bask in the reflected glory of a feminazi Democrat she no doubt voted for. So who's the bad guy here? Why, Archbishop Burke, one of the few bishops in this country with enough . . . common sense . . . to stand up to the Culture of Death crowd, both outside and inside his own church.
>Now does that sound like something that Christ would have done??? Christ would have sat and ate with the sinners and you want to punish someone’s kid for her parents beliefs.,
Better read a little deeper.When Christ dealt with sinners he never condoned their sins.He exposed their sins and told them to go and sin no more.
Ronald Reagan was a politician, not a religious figure. And it's worth noting that "turning off an entire community" often comes with the territory for principled Christians. Remember -- we worship a guy who did exactly this about 2,000 years ago.
If he was so proud of his intolerance, why did he race his PR people out yesterday to claim he had nothing to do with withdrawing McCaskill's invitation?
I have no idea. Why don't you ask them?
If your state medical board had invited Josef Mengele to speak at some kind of function back in 1945, do ya think they might run into some resistance from the local community?
What would Christ have thought about this and this? If the church can make the child suffer for the sins of the parents when it's a matter of homosexuality then why not on abortion?
Huh?
3 Cheers for Churchmen with conviction!!
In a day and age when church leaders are bowing to political correctness and the Lie of Socialism (e.g. the United Methodists), it is very nice to see men and women in positions of leadership standing up for what is right.
I'm not a Catholic, and I appreciate deeply that church's respect for human life. I don't necessarily agree with Rome on the death penalty or nuclear weaponry used as weapons--but I do respect them.
Catholic leadership is a lot more palatable than the sickening liberalism that has encroached into much of Protestantism.
Stupid policy. McCarthism at best.
The Catholic Church believes that abortion and embryonic stem cell research are both the murder of a small child. Are you actually saying it's McCarthyism for a private group to refrain from hosting a speech by someone who is in favor of killing small children?
Since when does one’s belief in one area make them unqualified to speak on any.
Great, let's have Mark Foley speak to a Boy Scout Camporee, as long as he doesn't mention instant messaging. After all, he probably has many life lessons to offer.
It’s the same as a scientist not being allowed to speak on a topic because he believes in God.
Wrong. Believing in God does not preclude one from being a scientitst. Believing in the murder of small children as an answer to social or personal problems precludes one from being a Catholic.
Reagan was a politician. Despite his unswerving commitment to his principles, his job was, in part, to win elections and push legislation through elected bodies.
The Archbishop's job is to be the undershepherd of Jesus Christ. That requires drawing lines every once in awhile. Yet you expect him to invite a wolf into the midst of his flock, and to give the wolf a place of honor. If he doesn't, he's "stupid."
If he was so proud of his intolerance,
Yes, he's intolerant of small children being ripped limb from limb. How truly horrible it is to find that in a Catholic priest. Maybe you think that having a PC wussy leading a Christian organization is a good idea, but it's about as smart as having PETA run Oscar Mayer.
How do you know that the spokesperson (and by extension, the archbishop) is not simply telling the truth? Where's your evidence, and why are you so quick to side with a bunch of babykillers over a conservative? Why are you so down on a private organization's exercise of their fre association rights?
Once again, though you and I have our differences, we seem to find some very good places to agree. Good on you.
How do you know what she was going to talk about? And how do you know it would be in concert with the teachings of the Church?
"McCarthism(sic)?" Before you go flinging about slanders like this, you might educate yourself just a tad bit on real history and what actually happened back in the fifties. You will see that your attempt at insult is both inept and inappropriate.
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