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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 Claire McCaskill to speak at her daughter's graduation from a Roman Catholic high school was withdrawn because of her positions on abortion and stem cell research.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But the offer was rescinded last week.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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Pro-abortion/pro-choice
Abortion clinic/women's health clinic
Partial birth abortion/late term procedure
Pro-homosexual agenda/pro-gay rights
Reverse discrimination/affirmative action
Pro-lower standards/ pro-diversity
Brainwashing/diversity training
Balkanized/multicutural
Illegals/entrants
Anti-Christian/ seperation of church and state
Terrorists/insurgents
Russian roulette/safe sex
Surrender/redeploy
Tax the productive until they shrivel and die/pay your fair share
Gov. excessive spending/Gov. investment
Ponzi scheme/social security
Wasteful pork/earmarks
Riot/protest
Sudden jihad syndrome/energetic protest
Constitution/evolving document
The first description in each pair is more accurate, the left prefers the second be used to hide the truth.
“Coward?”
That’s an amazingly ignorant resopnse. Please explain what you see as cowardice.
In fact, given the contradicting statements in the article, I would like to hear your explanation for who actually made the decision.
Your intent preceded the content of your point. And that is the height of ignorance.
. . . but it's about as smart as having PETA run Oscar Mayer.
LOL.
Can’t say I’ve heard that one. Source?
That is what it sounds like. It could be that the Sister was just using the Bishop as cover since he’s already caused a stir over Cheryl Crow. I have to admit, I’m enjoying this.
I disagree. This is a Catholic school and McCaskill’s position on abortion is entirely relevant. Although I’m sure many of the parents at this school do send their kids there of academic and/or status reasons, the main mission of Catholic education is the teaching of the faith. What message does it send to the students if their commencement address comes from someone who undermines a basic value of that faith? Incidentally, I find it intellectually lazy when people throw around words like “McCarthyism”. The government isn’t taking away McCaskill’s livelihood based on her associations.
I don’t think Catholic schools should take that approach. I think as long as the child is behaving and their parents are not disruptive, the child should be allowed to stay. However, the school should be unapologetic in expressing The Church’s teachings and if the student is upset by that, he or she should take it up with the parents. At my kids’ Catholic school, the students are required to bring a Church bulletin every week as their “receipt” for attending Mass. If the kids whose parents don’t take them to Mass are upset about not having their “receipt”, perhaps they can motivate their parents.
In case you forgot Ms. McCaskill... the Catholic cafeteria is/was/always will be closed.
Benedict XVI
I don't know for sure, but I suspect that as at most Catholic schools there probably are few or no nuns at this school. There are very few women entering convents today and the older ones are not being replaced. Most Catholic schools have only lay teachers who went through liberal indoctrination (the same as public school teachers) during their college years. The "teachers" at this school who made the decision to have the pro-abortion speaker belong to the Cafeteria Catholic group I define in post 14 above.
Catholic Ping?
Huh? Do you try to change the subject on EVERY thread you post on?
One would think that McCarthyism was the most awful catastrophe in our history. And what was it really all about? Just the inability of a besotted senator to substantiate his charges, which historically were true, that the Communist Party had infiltrated the United States Government in significant numbers. Many more had infiltrated the colleges and universities, and many who were not Communists were Marxists who were uselful tools of the Communists. Others had infiltrated the media, and to this day Hollywood cannot admit that Communists were Communists and that Communism was a danger to our system of government. Joe McCarthy probably wrecked the lives of a few thousand people, rightly or wrongly, and drove thousands more underground. But if one realizes, as Ronald Regan came to realize, that we weren’t just fighting a war of ideas but a real war against an alien enemy.
...and most of the nuns that are still around today are very liberal anyway.
Thank you, God, for this Bishop!
Prayers for Archbishop Burke!!!
They certainly separtate themselves from God, His Son and and the Holy Spirit!! I guess that IS Excommunication!!
Get real....it’s a CATHOLIC school!!
Not on abortion.
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