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CHER RIPS NUNS IN NEW SONG, "SISTERS OF MERCY" [Why Are Catholics Silent?]
Catholic League ^ | February 17, 2009

Posted on 02/17/2009 8:54:58 PM PST by Steelfish

CHER RIPS NUNS IN NEW SONG, "SISTERS OF MERCY"

A week prior to the release of Cher’s new CD, "Not Commercial," she was blasted all over the country by the Catholic League for her anti-Catholic song, "Sisters of Mercy." The

Cher described the songs on her new CD, all of which she wrote, as "dark." Indeed, she authorized a warning label on the cover because of the subject matter and colorful language. The CD was released on November 8 and the league struck on November 1.

The song that caught the attention of the Catholic League was "Sisters of Mercy." Allegedly written on the basis of tales told to Cher by her mother (Cher spent a brief time in a Catholic orphanage as an infant), the song attacks the Catholic order of nuns from beginning to end. The Sisters are called "daughters of hell"; "master of pain"; "mothers of shame"; "twisters of truth"; and "daughters of war."

Other lines in the song that refer to the Sisters of Mercy are as follows: "They always weave their web of lies and wrap you in their wicked spell"; "They try to crucify your inner sense and do it in God’s name"; "They use God like he’s a weapon but only for a chosen few, then hide behind pious faces like the guilty always do"; "These chicks administer your penance while the devil guards their door," etc.

(Excerpt) Read more at catholicleague.org ...


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1 posted on 02/17/2009 8:54:59 PM PST by Steelfish
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To: Steelfish

“Cher”? That name sounds vaguely familiar.


2 posted on 02/17/2009 8:57:42 PM PST by Jeff Chandler (PIE FIGHT!!!!!)
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To: Steelfish
"They always weave their web of lies and wrap you in their wicked spell"

Ladies and Gentlemen, the poetry of Cher.

3 posted on 02/17/2009 9:01:44 PM PST by T. Buzzard Trueblood (Repeal McCain-Feingold!)
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To: Jeff Chandler

Oh, wow, you just watch how the Feminazis rise up in rage over Cher attacking these women who have chosen an alternate lifestyle.


4 posted on 02/17/2009 9:02:20 PM PST by Robwin
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To: Steelfish

[Why Are Catholics Silent?]

In many cases, people shouldn’t be silent in fighting this kind of stuff.

But in this case, speaking out would only help Cher. Her audience is nothing like it was before, she’s a bitter hag who is singlehandedly keeping the plastics industries solvent, and it’s ridiculous to think she’s going to have a hit with this crap.

You can bet she’s got her fingers crossed hoping for the publicity and street cred a protest will bring. If there is no protest, her CD will come and go and all her hard work making this crap will be for nothing.


5 posted on 02/17/2009 9:03:02 PM PST by Darkwolf377 (Pro-Life Capitalist American Atheist and Free-Speech Junkie)
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To: Steelfish

The only thing dark about Cher is the empty space between her ears.


6 posted on 02/17/2009 9:03:16 PM PST by JimC214
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To: T. Buzzard Trueblood

Yeah that “web of lies” line, she come up with that herself?


7 posted on 02/17/2009 9:04:07 PM PST by Darkwolf377 (Pro-Life Capitalist American Atheist and Free-Speech Junkie)
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To: Steelfish

This is what happens when the only remaining members of your fan base are fags.


8 posted on 02/17/2009 9:04:19 PM PST by dfwgator (1996 2006 2008 - Good Things Come in Threes)
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To: Steelfish
[Why Are Catholics Silent?]

Well the Catholic League evidently isn't.

But if you're asking why there isn't a huge outcry from all quarters, I suspect it's because few give a rip what that irrelevent freak has to say.

9 posted on 02/17/2009 9:06:03 PM PST by Mr. Mojo
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To: Steelfish

Cher is so quite pleased that she found a way to be quasi-relevant once more.


10 posted on 02/17/2009 9:06:57 PM PST by eclecticEel (Wall Street isn't a charity ... so why are we giving them money?)
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To: Steelfish
"They always weave their web of lies and wrap you in their wicked spell"; "They try to crucify your inner sense and do it in God’s name"; "They use God like he’s a weapon but only for a chosen few, then hide behind pious faces like the guilty always do"; "These chicks administer your penance while the devil guards their door," etc.

Pathetic. It reads like something written by a 13yo on myspace.

11 posted on 02/17/2009 9:07:04 PM PST by rake ("more rubble, less trouble" VD Hanson)
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To: Steelfish
Ah, don't worry about the Sisters. They can take care of themselves:


12 posted on 02/17/2009 9:09:05 PM PST by keepitreal (Obama brings change: an international crisis (terrorism) within 6 months)
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To: Steelfish

Man, she sounds desperate, a 63 year old Cher that has been in the millions of dollars and sex and song for almost half a century and this is her hip new rebellion?


13 posted on 02/17/2009 9:09:19 PM PST by ansel12 ( When a conservative pundit mocks Wasilla, he's mocking conservatism as it's actually lived.)
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To: Steelfish
(Why are Catholics silent?)

Catholics don't listen to this Char woman. Those that hear her are so underwhelmed that they turn their attntion to the more exciting fish wrap and cage liners.

14 posted on 02/17/2009 9:10:00 PM PST by Lion Den Dan
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To: Steelfish

It sounds like she’s been spending too much time with Jane Fonda.


15 posted on 02/17/2009 9:11:07 PM PST by deannadurbin
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To: dfwgator
This is what happens when the only remaining members of your fan base are fags.

Most of whom like to dress up as nuns in their spare time.

16 posted on 02/17/2009 9:11:19 PM PST by keepitreal (Obama brings change: an international crisis (terrorism) within 6 months)
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To: Steelfish

As I recall, last year another washed-up has-been Joni Mitchell basically did the same thing.


17 posted on 02/17/2009 9:12:23 PM PST by dfwgator (1996 2006 2008 - Good Things Come in Threes)
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To: Steelfish

Chair? Chair who? If I wanted dribbling screeds from a senile half wit I’d tune in her grotesqueness Helen Thomas.


18 posted on 02/17/2009 9:12:35 PM PST by Desron13 (If you constantly vote between the lesser of two evils then evil is your ultimate destination.)
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To: Steelfish

People always go on about evil, nasty nuns. I admit I didn’t go to Catholic school, but in my life I’ve never met a nun I didn’t like. Maybe I like them all because they’re nice to me, and they’re nice to me because I approach them thinking in advance that I’m going to like them.


19 posted on 02/17/2009 9:12:45 PM PST by ottbmare
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To: Steelfish; MeekOneGOP; ntnychik; potlatch; devolve
Silicone implants and pilfered Dylan terms of art will get you nowhere, Cher.
20 posted on 02/17/2009 9:16:28 PM PST by PhilDragoo (Hussein: Islamo-Commie from Kenya)
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