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Obama offends Catholics in the UK, says religious schools are divisive
BizPac Review ^ | 06/19/2013 | Cheryl Carpenter Klimek

Posted on 06/19/2013 9:38:08 PM PDT by TexGrill

The Catholic media is up in arms over comments President Obama made during a speech while in Northern Ireland for the G8 summit. Obama made what is described as “an alarming call for an end to Catholic education,” in spite of the fact that it is considered “a critical component of the Church.”

In front of an audience of about 2,000 young people, including many Catholics, Obama claimed that Catholic education divides people and blocks peace, according to the Scottish Catholic Observer.

“If towns remain divided—if Catholics have their schools and buildings and Protestants have theirs, if we can’t see ourselves in one another and fear or resentment are allowed to harden—that too encourages division and discourages cooperation,” Obama said.

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TOPICS: Culture/Society; Foreign Affairs; News/Current Events; United Kingdom
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1 posted on 06/19/2013 9:38:08 PM PDT by TexGrill
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To: TexGrill

“if Catholics have their schools and buildings and Protestants have theirs”

Meaning the government should regulate who worships what where??? Or give the buildings to Muslims because... well I just want to...


2 posted on 06/19/2013 9:40:53 PM PDT by Walkingfeather
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To: TexGrill

What about Quaker schools, like the one his daughters attend?


3 posted on 06/19/2013 9:42:45 PM PDT by Burkean (.)
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To: TexGrill

Obama is divisive.


4 posted on 06/19/2013 9:44:05 PM PDT by <1/1,000,000th%
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To: TexGrill

Do Muslims have elementary schools for general academic education as well as religious instruction?


5 posted on 06/19/2013 9:44:37 PM PDT by Elsiejay
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To: TexGrill

In a free country the people are responsible to educate their own children in the way they see as right.

So you will see catholic schools, and protestant schools of various flavors, and secular schools of all kinds, and the craziest thing is that people decide where to send their kids themselves. Some people don’t even send their kids to any school, they educate them themselves right there at home.

Thats what happens in a free country.


6 posted on 06/19/2013 9:47:56 PM PDT by marron
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To: TexGrill

FUBO!


7 posted on 06/19/2013 9:53:27 PM PDT by Jim Robinson (Resistance to tyrants is obedience to God!!)
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To: <1/1,000,000th%

Obama is divisive.


Yep, it’s called ‘Divide and Conquer’.


8 posted on 06/19/2013 9:54:13 PM PDT by laplata (Liberals don't get it. Their minds have been stolen.)
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To: TexGrill

I’m glad to see him offend the Catholics in the UK and hope it offends the Catholics and other Christians everywhere. Maybe it will wake up some of those who supported him. They need a slap up side the head.


9 posted on 06/19/2013 9:56:41 PM PDT by laplata (Liberals don't get it. Their minds have been stolen.)
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To: TexGrill

Holy $#!+

Is there nothing this turd won’t leave alone?


10 posted on 06/19/2013 10:00:12 PM PDT by P-Marlowe (There can be no Victory without a fight and no battle without wounds.)
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To: TexGrill
Didn't hear that Madrassas are divisive. Of course he loves anything Muslim.

vaudine

11 posted on 06/19/2013 10:06:01 PM PDT by vaudine
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To: TexGrill
So should we do away with Madrassahs also?
12 posted on 06/19/2013 10:07:23 PM PDT by Unam Sanctam
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To: TexGrill

This guy Ubama is a real scumbag.


13 posted on 06/19/2013 10:07:55 PM PDT by Lancey Howard
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"Obama offends Catholics in the UK, says religious schools are divisive"

.... Yes ..... we wouldn't want to have exclusive attendance type schools colleges, and universities out there would we Mr. Obama? That would be absolutely divisive now wouldn't it Mr. Prez with a fez!!!

.... However .... what's good for the goose Mr. Prez .... Like why would we need these fine educational institutions then? ..... Like for instance ... what do all of these have in comon Mr. President: ........

...... Spelman College, Howard University, Morehouse College, Hampton University, Fisk University, Xavier University of Louisiana, Tuskegee University, Claflin University, Dillard University, Florida A&M University, North Carolina A&T State University, North Carolina Central University, Delaware State University, South Carolina State University, Bennett College, Clark Atlanta University, Johnson C. Smith University, Tougaloo College, Tennessee State University, Elizabeth City State University, Morgan State University, Alabama Agricultural and Mechanical University, Winston-Salem State University, Oakwood University, Lincoln University, Kentucky State University, Alcorn State University, Bowie State University, Fayetteville State University,Fort Valley State University, Jackson State University, Albany State University, University of Maryland--Eastern Shore, Virginia State University, Etc etc etc .... many many more

14 posted on 06/19/2013 10:16:37 PM PDT by R_Kangel ( "A Nation of Sheep ..... Will Beget ..... a Nation Ruled by Wolves.")
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To: TexGrill

Hey, he's just supporting his sharia bros.

15 posted on 06/19/2013 10:32:55 PM PDT by Slyfox (Without the Right to Life, all other rights are meaningless.)
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To: Jim Robinson

Hussein wants only Muslim/Islam schools with a side order of Communism taught. There are over 300 million people in this country and no one can pitch Hussein into Hades and bind him for a thousand years. Oops, that is what happens to Satan - I got them mixed up (I really didn’t - he is one and the same as Satan).


16 posted on 06/19/2013 10:41:32 PM PDT by Marcella (Prepping can save your life today. I am a Christian, not a Muslim.)
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To: Marcella

... he is one and the same as Satan).

Yes he is.


17 posted on 06/19/2013 10:53:26 PM PDT by laplata (Liberals don't get it. Their minds have been stolen.)
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To: TexGrill

In the spirit of togetherness, I suppose Obama sends his kids to public schools in DC, right?


18 posted on 06/19/2013 11:04:54 PM PDT by haroldeveryman
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To: TexGrill

A true story with about a dozen witnesses was told to me this past week at a funeral. A class trip was taken to the White House a year ago and Obama was meeting with kids 11 and 12 years old. Apparently with teachers and parents out of the room...Obama was doing nothing but faith bashing and literally telling the kids that following an organized religion or faith is going to vanish in this country and that he needed their help in changing the future and the landscape forever without religion involved at all in this nation.

Let me tell you...the people who shared this story with me are teachers at a Blue Ribbon Catholic school...known them my entire life...had no reason to tell this story to me out of the blue other than the fact that we hadn’t physically seen each other in quite some time and the topic had switched to politics.

Obama is a lunatic who walks in the steps of Marx, Mao, and Hitler. THAT IS A FACT.


19 posted on 06/19/2013 11:20:51 PM PDT by My Favorite Headache (In a world where I feel so small, I can't stop thinking big.)
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To: My Favorite Headache

I’m shocked! How could Barry such mean and nasty things about Islam.


20 posted on 06/19/2013 11:34:39 PM PDT by TexGrill (Don't mess with Texas)
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