Judge Declines To Sentence 3 Catholic Gay Activists

Washington Post ^ | 2-1-2003 | Arthur Santana

[Notwithstanding]

Three Catholic gay activists were convicted of unlawful entry yesterday in D.C. Superior Court by a judge who then declined to sentence them, told them she was sympathetic and went on to apologize on behalf of the Catholic Church.

Judge Mildred M. Edwards, who is Catholic, told the activists that she had to convict them but that she would do something she had not done in 15 years on the bench -- dispense with a sentence.

"Tremendous violence was done to you . . . when the Body of Christ was denied to you," Edwards said, referring to the contention of the three that refusal of Holy Communion had prompted their actions. "As a member of your church, I ask you to forgive the church."

[yendu bwam]

This judge should be impeached.

[F16Fighter]

A classic case of a Gay Agenda mole (Judge) subverting the law of the land in order to blatantly recycle it's perverted soldiers back into the Culture War front lines.

"Judge" Mildred M. Edwards should be banished to a bench somewhere on a planet more befitting her own personal agenda -- Uranus.

[Desdemona]

Has this judge been to Confession lately? The sin of not doing her job.

[AEMILIUS PAULUS]

"There comes a time in the history of every people when they become so pathologically soft and tender that they actually side with those elements of their society which harms them..."-A Great Historian 1888.

[JulieRNR21]

"There comes a time in the history of every people when they become so pathologically soft and tender that they actually side with those elements of their society which harms them..."-A Great Historian 1888.

What a profound statement......can you please share the name of the historian? I would like to read his work.

[First Amendment]

The homosexual agenda never takes a break, never takes a day off. They are winning. We must be vigilant

Many great comments and observations. Reminds me of the time during which Hitler came to power, the judicial system became his private fiefdom.

I am thinking that it's time for conservatives to do more public protests and maybe even civil disobediance - Maybe some of you have heard about that vile movie Coppola (Crappola?) is planning to make about the pedophile Kinsey starring Liam Neeson? I would love to picket that movie. I am getting more and more angry about perverts and Somodites attempting to take over God's world.

[CatAtomic]

Bench legislation at its finest....

[Notwithstanding]

most people are pastsies

while many issues concern me, I try ti hoot and holler about abortion and also about pubic schools

I am glad others hoot and holler about other things

its the folks who sit on their fat asses and bitch about things that makes me want to explode - they actually fry me more than those who are truly ignorant

[First Amendment]

I like the Yeats poem - (one part is something like this) "the best have no conviction while the worst are full of passionate intensity". It's high time to turn the tables. Have you ever seen Scott Lively's website http://www.abidingtruth.com/ ? It is very good and he has a lot to read online. He's one the people who influenced me about the long range dangers of homosexuality - how the so-called "gay" acitivists are really connected with so many other evils.

Ever notice how the homo activitsts are always the loudest pro-abortionists??

[Notwithstanding]

Like what you posted.

Would you have a problem with her decision if her track record showed that she did not afford such leniency to any first-time non-violent pro-life protesters?

[Kuksool]

If pro-lifers were guilty of the same crime as the gay activists, the judge would impose hefty fines and prison time.

[Kuksool]

The judge is essentially saying Christians have civil rights.

[Kuksool]

Ops! I meant no civil rights. The Left typically condones hate crimes against Christians.

[MrLeRoy]

The ACLU should be up in arms over this---IF they mean what they say about "separation of church and state."

[T Minus Four]

"Tremendous violence was done to you . . . when the Body of Christ was denied to you"

Oh for Pete's sake, since when is wanting something and having it denied to you (whether rightly of wrongly) tremendous violence? Tremendous violence was done to me when I didn't get a big raise last month. Where do I sign up?