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5 Years Before Margaret Sanger Spoke to Ku Klux Klan, KKK Murdered Father James Coyle
Margaret Sanger Blog ^ | July 12, 2017 | Brother Declan

Posted on 07/13/2017 9:26:24 AM PDT by Diago




Margaret Sanger gives a detailed account of her well-received 1926 speech to the Ku Klux Klan in her autobiography.  Sanger's open admission to speaking at a KKK rally has not stopped leftists from trying to deny it happened.  Thanks to scholars like Dr. Paul Kengor, a university professor, and Arina Grossu at the Washington Times, the Margaret Sanger KKK Planned Parenthood connection has received greater attention in recent years - despite Google's attempt to rank their research low in Margaret Sanger KKK queries.  

The new attention Sanger's KKK speech has received has forced leftists into the odd position of trying to defend the repugnant idea of speaking to the Klan in 1926.  One thing you may hear is that the KKK was different in the 1920's.  Probably true,  at that time it was far more violent, powerful, bigoted and racist.  

If you have any doubt as to what the Klan was like in the 1920's, read this account of the 1921 murder of Father James Coyle by the KKK - - Victim of the Klan: Father James Edwin Coyle.  Brian Kelly  does an excellent  job recounting the horrific murder of Father Coyle,   Even more startling is how the KKK subsequently fixed the trial leading to the acquittal of the murderer.

As Larry Peterson notes in his article,  An American story about an Irish priest, a brave girl, and the KKK, the Klan quickly rallied behind the murderer of Father Coyle:  

Stephenson turned himself in and was charged with Father Coyle’s murder. The KKK paid for the defense, the judge was a klansman and the lawyer who defended Stephenson was Hugo Black, the future U. S. Supreme Court Justice. Although not a Klan member at the time of trial, Black did become a member afterwards. The verdict took only a few hours to come in. It was “not guilty.”

Yes, Margaret Sanger defenders, the Klan was different in 1926 when Sanger was so warmly received by the KKK and received "a dozen invitations to speak to similar groups." If possible, it was far more evil and wicked.  



So why did the Ku Klux Klan love Sanger so much?  And what exactly did Sanger say at the KKK rally that lead the Klan to love her so much?  A dozen invitations to speak to similar groups?  Ignore that liberal media!




For the complete Brian Kelly article on heroic Father James Coyle go here:  Victim of the Klan: Father James Edwin Coyle

Another excellent account of the Father Coyle murder by Larry Peterson at: An American story about an Irish priest, a brave girl, and the KKK

For Dr. Paul Kengor article on Margaret Sanger and KKK, go here:  Was Margaret Sanger a Racist

Arina Grossu article, go here: Margaret Sanger: Racist, Eugenicist Extraordinaire .

H/T to Aleteia for photo.








TOPICS: Catholic; Religion & Culture
KEYWORDS: abortion; catholicism; prolife
A fascinating story about the murder of a heroic priest. Margaret Sanger spoke at Klan rallies & the KKK loved her. But the left will never have to disavow her nor tear down her monuments.
1 posted on 07/13/2017 9:26:24 AM PDT by Diago
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To: Diago

Hugo Black’ Klan affiliation and anti-Catholic bigotry also factored into his historic ‘wall of separation’ of chuch and state ruling at SCOTUS.


2 posted on 07/13/2017 9:44:00 AM PDT by a fool in paradise (Bill Clinton and Al Gore took illegal campaign contributions from the Chi-Coms and 'nobody' cared...)
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To: Diago
Sanger and the Klan were two peas in the same dysfunctional pod, yet I believe Sanger was much worse than the Klan was, because her evil indirectly caused the infanticide of untold millions of black children. Defund PP & MAGA!
3 posted on 07/13/2017 9:50:50 AM PDT by heterosupremacist (Domine Iesu Christe, Filius Dei, miserere me peccatorem!)
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To: Diago
Sanger and the Klan were two peas in the same dysfunctional pod, yet I believe Sanger was much worse than the Klan was, because her evil indirectly caused the infanticide of untold millions of black children. Defund PP & MAGA!
4 posted on 07/13/2017 9:52:31 AM PDT by heterosupremacist (Domine Iesu Christe, Filius Dei, miserere me peccatorem!)
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To: heterosupremacist; Diago
I call 'em: Banned Parenthood Planned Barrenhood Klanned Parenthood
5 posted on 07/13/2017 10:06:15 AM PDT by Mrs. Don-o (("He shall defend the needy, He shall save the children of the poor, and crush the oppressor.")
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I wonder if Fr. Coyle's murder was the inspiration for the horrific scene in the book (and later the movie) "The Cardinal" by Henry Morton Robinson. If I recall correctly, Klansman beat and whip two Catholic priests one of whom was black.
6 posted on 07/13/2017 10:06:52 AM PDT by Oratam
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To: Mrs. Don-o

http://www.klannedparenthood.com/

(viewer discretion advised)

I call ‘em: Banned Parenthood, Planned Barrenhood, Klanned Parenthood


7 posted on 07/13/2017 10:12:34 AM PDT by heterosupremacist (Domine Iesu Christe, Filius Dei, miserere me peccatorem!)
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To: Diago

http://www.encyclopediaofalabama.org/article/h-3221

Ku Klux Klan in Alabama from 1915-1930

“The Ku Klux Klan first appeared in Alabama following the Civil War, when many Confederate veterans and Democratic Party supporters formed the group to oppose the extension of citizenship and voting rights among former slaves and to end Republican Party control of the state government.”


8 posted on 07/13/2017 10:43:00 AM PDT by GOPJ ( MSM Snowflakes: if you don't like President Trump's tweets don't read 'em.)
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“The Ku Klux Klan first appeared in Alabama following the Civil War, when many Confederate veterans and Democratic Party supporters formed the group to oppose the extension of citizenship and voting rights among former slaves and to end Republican Party control of the state government.”

The Democrats and their media wing would remind us of this every single day where the reverse true.

"The Republicans, Founders of the KKK, voted to..."

9 posted on 07/15/2017 7:32:42 AM PDT by Diago
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