[Mrs. Don-o]

Decided to put this into News/Activism because it involves the exercise of religious freedom and has an impact beyond the creedal or denominational.

Bishop Tom Tobin (the "good" Tobin) is evidently supporting his priest on this.

It might be a good idea to give Tobin some backup on twitter --- maybe he could develop enough testicular fortitude to make it policy for his whole diocese--- which he should have done as soon as he was consecrated, but better late than never. Here:

Bishop Tobin's Twitter

Comments?

[Pearls Before Swine]

“Fine, I’ll find another priest.”

That’s what I think the usual reaction will be.

[BipolarBob]

Good for him. Glad to hear it.

[Dawgreg]

I say good and I ain’t a Catholic! These church leaders need to start speaking out and stay strong in the Lord to fight the Demons.....the Demons in government, the Demons all over the world that are doing Satan’s work!

[proust]

Should be the rule rather than the exception.

[SaxxonWoods]

Good for him and it’s about time more did this.

[joma89]

I doubt my Bishop has the guts to do this since he is in charge of the Diocese of Arlington in Virginia.

JoMa

[Telepathic Intruder]

the U.S. Constitution requires the separation of church and state,” said McEntee

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Which clearly means she needs to stop going to church and writing letters to Catholic priests.

[Gay State Conservative]

Excellent. Let these so called Catholics know that we...and,more importantly,their Creator....sees what they’re doing.

[certrtwngnut]

What does this have to do with the separation of church and state? This is a church matter that has nothing to do with the state. I don’t think I am wrong on this. If I am wrong would someone let me know where I am wrong.

[mosesdapoet]

That goes along with the Bishop of Springfield Illinois refusing to administer Holy Communion to Senator Dick Durban.

[olesigh]

more of this please

[Popman]

U.S. Constitution requires the separation of church and state

Requires ???

I don't think so....

[fieldmarshaldj]

A Catholic Priest actually enforcing Christian doctrine. What a refreshing change.

[golux]

BUMP. Hooray for this brave man.

[2banana]

50 years too late.

The church should have excommunicated the Kennedys in the 1960s.

And actually STOOD for something.

[maxwellsmart_agent]

It should be being done by every Catholic priest in the United States. These politicians are leading the faithful astray and it should stop. People like Nancy Pelosi and Joe Biden for example are leading people to back sin. Abortion is the killing of developing Human beings. The fifth Commandment forbids this and yet we are lettng our top politicians tell us it is okay. That is wrong. Let us get some backbone priests. Let’s shut them down.

[Jeff Chandler]

This shouldn’t even qualify as news, but that’s the situation in which we find ourselves.

[DivineMomentsOfTruth]

Good for him. This should be the norm.. not headlines.

[madprof98]

The fact that this priest is considered unusual and even weird tells us all we need to know about the state of Catholicism today.

[Liz]

Democratic state Rep. Carol McEntee responded: “Father Bucci and Bishop Tobin need
to be reminded that the U.S. Constitution requires the separation of church and state.”

This ninny IS bigtime stupid---she's got it ***-backwards:

The Constitution prevents THE STATE from interference in religious matters.

A religious person is protected by the Constitution AND FREE SPEECH to express his/her opinion.