[nicmarlo]

TOM DASCHLE may no longer call himself a Catholic. The Senate minority leader and the highest ranking Democrat in Washington has been sent a letter by his home diocese of Sioux Falls, sources in South Dakota have told The Weekly Standard, directing him to remove from his congressional biography and campaign documents all references to his standing as a member of the Catholic Church.

I sincerely apologize if, on this long thread, I overlooked your name and you got pinged.....but I felt this was quite important. It is highly unusual, IMHO, for a church to ask that a member not identify him/herself with that church....highly unsual.

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DASCHOLE PING!

(Please Freepmail me if you want on/off my Daschle ping.)

[JulieRNR21]

Glad you pinged me .......this is very big news indeed!

I had a discussion with one of my priests on election day about supporting pro-life Catholic candidates like JEB BUSH. This priest is an old (about 80) MA DemocRAT and told me he was voting for McBride.

I told him he'd better 'go to confession if he voted for pro-abortion McBride'! As you can imagine...he didn't take that remark too well. I'm quite sure he voted for McBride because a few week after he was gloating when pro-abortion Landrieu won the special election in LA.

This same priest had the gall to tell me that 'abortion isn't the only issue'!

[MeekOneGOP]

It is highly unusual, IMHO, for a church to ask that a member not identify him/herself with that church....highly unsual.

Yeah, I've NEVER heard of it ! Thanks ! Great news !

[firewalk]

Thanks for the ping Nic

[Liz]

This is a smarter move by the Chruch. The Chruch tried excommunication (an official rite) for pro-abortion candidates but it got them nothing but bad press and the ex'ed candidate ususally won.

[Dubya]

bump

[Terriergal]

It is highly unusual, IMHO, for a church to ask that a member not identify him/herself with that church....highly unsual.

And isn't it a pity it's so very unusual, since it is certainly Biblical! The Church in general, all denominations, is filled with PC wimps who don't know what the Bible teaches in order to take a stand on it.

1 Cor 5:9-11 I have written you in my letter not to associate with sexually immoral people-- not at all meaning the people of this world who are immoral, or the greedy and swindlers, or idolaters. In that case you would have to leave this world. But now I am writing you that you must not associate with anyone who calls himself a brother but is sexually immoral or greedy, an idolater or a slanderer, a drunkard or a swindler. With such a man do not even eat.

2 Thessalonians 3:14 If anyone does not obey our instruction in this letter, take special note of him. Do not associate with him, in order that he may feel ashamed.

A Brother Who Sins Against You Matthew 18:15-17 "If your brother sins against you, go and show him his fault, just between the two of you. If he listens to you, you have won your brother over. But if he will not listen, take one or two others along, so that 'every matter may be established by the testimony of two or three witnesses.'If he refuses to listen to them, tell it to the church; and if he refuses to listen even to the church, treat him as you would a pagan or a tax collector.

Romans 16:17 I urge you, brothers, to watch out for those who cause divisions and put obstacles in your way that are contrary to the teaching you have learned. Keep away from them.