[madprof98]

I can't figure out how to do a search to see if an article has already been posted, so I'm taking a stab by posting this one. I thought it added a touch of irony to the Easter celebration.

[Chad Fairbanks]

A woman "Father"???? What will they come up with next...

[Arthur McGowan]

I can see the next step: Planned Parenthood applies for funds as a "faith-based" organization.

There's a special, high-powered microwave in hell being prepared...

[Arthur McGowan]

Planned Parenthood's founder, Margaret Sanger, had, of course, the famous "Negro Plan"--wipe out the Negroes once and for all with birth control, and use the Negro Preacher to sell the idea, and "keep the more unruly members [of their churches] in line," should they not like the idea of being eliminated.

[Hillarys Gate Cult]

I think their idea is to attempt to keep their people's souls out of the extra crispy section of hell. They know they're going to there anyway.

[syriacus]

Corsaro said she was raised with the belief that God believes in each person's ability to make choices — including choices about one's body

Not all choices are equally good.
I wonder if Corsaro has ever heard of an informed conscience?
People are supposed to make their decisions using their informed consciences.

[choirboy]

the Methodist minister won't even cop to her actual age ("30-something" is all she'll admit) because, she says, she constantly has to fight for respect.

So she signs on as chaplain at Planned Parenthood??????

Ah, bad career choice, sweetheart.

[Bogie]

Yikes!

[HowlinglyMind-BendingAbsurdity]

"I want.....the children..."

[kritikos]

Funny thing...Planned Parenthood. It has nothing to do with either Planning or Parenthood!

[Restorer]

The Rev. Monica Corsaro doesn't look like a stereotypical minister. With her choppy blond hair, thick-rimmed hipster glasses and chunky black shoes,

Actually, she sounds like the stereotypical bull dyke.

[MarkWar]

I think the actual headline should be:

Planned Parenthood gets full-time "chaplain"

Mark W.

[Jeff Chandler]

After receiving a master's degree in divinity from the Iliff School of Theology at the University of Denver...

...which entitles her to make fudge...

[RecallJeffords]

I also wonder if she is another of the infamous minister-without-a-church. The National Council of Churches (which I believe is little more than a pro-communist front organization) is chock full of ministers who are social revolutionaroes but have nothing to do with religion. For example, there were many ministers were in Central America organizing for the Sandinistas, etc. The one thing they have in common is that they have very little to do with any religious beliefs. WHat a waste.

[kidd]

The Catholic church, the largest Christian denomination in the country, and the Southern Baptist Convention, one of the largest mainline Protestant denominations in the country, are against abortion," Wood said.

Oddly enough, these are the two that I have the greatest repect for. Moral fortitude?

[everclear]

The Salvation Army manages to have female clergy (many high-ranking ones, at that) without getting this kind of loony-left stupidity.

Why can't the Methodists, Episcopalians, etc...?

[Pistias]

And there did come also false prophets among the people, as also among you there shall be false teachers, who shall bring in besides destructive sects, and the Master who bought them denying, bringing to themselves quick destruction, and many shall follow out their destructive ways, because of whom the way of the truth shall be evil spoken of, and in covetousness, with moulded words, of you they shall make merchandise, whose judgment of old is not idle, and their destruction doth not slumber.
2 Peter: 1-3

[Russell Scott]

Besides the Catholics, the Methodists have opened the floodgates for homosexuality. I would be surprised if this "chaplain" is not a lesbian. Remember, the Clintons loved attending a Methodist church in D.C. that actually had pro-homosexual conferences. Jesus said "when the abomination which maketh desolate" (homosexuality) is standing in the church, that is a sign we are at the end. Fasten your seat belts and pray for revival!

[syriacus]

Interesting results from a Google search on Monica Corsaro....

Young Democrats Sponsor Abortion Lecture

Speakers Claim God is “Pro-Choice”by Jessica Cantelon Right Turn

With a turn-out of approximately fifty to sixty people in a lecture hall capable of seating seven hundred, the Young Democrats apparently overestimated the interest generated by their event held on May 23rd that was provocatively entitled, “Uniting Reproductive Rights and Religion: Is God Pro-Choice?”   

  In addition to the Young Democrats of the University of Washington, other groups sponsoring the “multi-faith based” lecture included Vox: Voices for Planned Parenthood, Student Action Network (SAN), and Medical Students for Choice.    Several tables outside of the lecture hall provided students with several sources of information regarding abortion and other options for dealing with an “unplanned pregnancy.”....

United Methodist Reverend Monica Corsaro, the other speaker at the event, although not denying the cleverness of the catch-phrase, “Is God Pro-Choice?” nevertheless added that it reflected human arrogance by attempting to place a label on God.  Instead, she argued that God is both pro-choice and pro-life.

  Corsaro also criticized traditional religious doctrines, declaring, “We’re past third grade theology.”  For example, she related her opinion that Noah’s flood was a direct consequence of the Hebrews’ ingratitude toward God for saving them from Egypt, rather than an account of an actual event.

  Frowning upon blind acceptance of the Bible at face value, she asserted, “We’re steeped in scripture, but we also know we have reason; we’re allowed to think.”  Her main emphasis was God’s persistent forgiveness of an imperfect people. 

  Although not explicitly addressing the concept of sin, one of Corsaro’s major points was that “God loves you and is compassionate and is there when you make mistakes.”  She then suggested that as an intimate decision, abortion is no exception. 

  The “different perspective” represented by both Bloom and Corsaro was far from unchallenged.  In the question-and-answer period following the lecture, the two speakers responded to several counter-arguments posed by members of the audience, many of whom didn’t seem surprised to find the debate revolving around the definition of God.  This conflict centered around whether the speaker saw God as being an actual entity with a personal interest in human behavior, or as an “inner voice” without any particular concern with individual decisions.

  When confronted with the famous passage in the book of Jeremiah where God says, “And before I formed thee in the belly I knew thee,” Corsaro dismissed it as nothing more than mere poetry and metaphor illustrating God’s great intimacy with His people. 

  Bloom, on the other hand, interpreted the words to mean that God knew her “potential” self before she was born, as opposed to her actual self.  And based on her personal belief that “her God” values an existing life more than a potential life, she believes that abortion is justified on religious ground.   Although two police officers were present at the event in order to preserve the peace, order was maintained throughout the lecture and the following debate, with the highest point of tension being a short verbal argument between two individuals on opposite sides of the abortion issue.     ...

When confronted with the famous passage in the book of Jeremiah where God says, “And before I formed thee in the belly I knew thee,” Corsaro dismissed it as nothing more than mere poetry and metaphor illustrating God’s great intimacy with His people. 

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Corsaro said: Noah’s flood was a direct consequence of the Hebrews’ ingratitude toward God for saving them from Egypt,

Anyone else see a problem here?

[Canticle_of_Deborah]

Planned Parenthood. I smell desperation in the air.

Why can't I be pro choice and pro faith?

Because Monica, darling, God frowns on torturing and slaughtering the innocent. You must have ditched Theology 101.

[AmericaUnited]

Will the chaplan give last rites to the fetuses before they get executed?