http://catholicleague.com/release.php?id=2029
[quote]Catholic League president Bill Donohue comments on the way some of the critics of New York Archbishop Timothy Dolan are reacting to his election yesterday as the new head of the United States Conference of Catholic Bishops:
NPR is worried that Archbishop Dolan is â??overtly conservative,â?? and Tim Rutten of the Los Angeles Times is fretting about his â??confrontational approach.â?? Dissident Catholics are upset as well: New Ways Ministry says the vote â??sends an ominous messageâ??; Call to Action also sees his election as â??ominousâ??; Sr. Maureen Fiedler says â??we now have our very own Catholic version of the â??Tea Partyâ?? movementâ??; DignityUSA concludes that Dolanâ??s election means the hierarchy is â??out of stepâ?? with Catholics. Similarly, the Human Rights Campaign, a gay secular group, says the vote means the hierarchy is â??out of step.â?? Not to be outdone, the website of the Tucson Citizen accused Dolan of evincing an â??arrogantâ?? attitude in winning (it is true that he was caught smiling).
SNAP, the professional victimsâ?? group, opines that Dolanâ??s â??winning personality obscures his terrible track record on abuse.â?? Marian Ronan of Religion Dispatches says his election is â??not a good sign,â?? and her colleague, Sarah Posner, concludesâ??and this really is ominousâ??that â??the bishops are targeting families with loved ones who are lesbian, gay, bisexual or transgender.â?? The Internet site Lez Get Real calls Dolan â??the Vaticanâ??s spin-doctor,â?? and the website of Time has a headline which reads, â??More Bad News for Obama 2012: Catholics Elect Dolan.â?? Edgeboston.com picked up the AP piece, but chose to give it a new headline: â??Catholic Bishopsâ?? Vote to Mean Harder Church Stance Against Gay Families.â?? And atheist Susan Jacoby is sweating over the fact that Dolan will be treated by the media â??as if he is the voice of all American Catholics.â?? She needs to get used to it.[/quote]
I think it’s great! Glad the hippies are being pushed out.
If he doesn’t touch any kids he’s OK in my book!
[quote]Rational Gaze wrote:
If he doesn’t touch any kids he’s OK in my book![/quote]
Hopefully (which I’m putting good odds on he will) crack down even harder, specifically on American priests, on the kid touchers.
[quote]Brother Chris wrote:
I think it’s great! Glad the hippies are being pushed out.[/quote]
lol. I take it you’re not a “Dorothy Day” type then?
Also, there’s just something funny about the word “catholic” and “being pushed out” that’s funny together, no?
[quote]Brother Chris wrote:
[quote]Rational Gaze wrote:
If he doesn’t touch any kids he’s OK in my book![/quote]
Hopefully (which I’m putting good odds on he will) crack down even harder, specifically on American priests, on the kid touchers. [/quote]
I hope so too, but I won’t be putting odds on it.
Politics and World Issues
[quote]Gambit_Lost wrote:
[quote]Brother Chris wrote:
I think it’s great! Glad the hippies are being pushed out.[/quote]
lol. I take it you’re not a “Dorothy Day” type then?
Also, there’s just something funny about the word “catholic” and “being pushed out” that’s funny together, no?[/quote]
Dorthy Day was very conservative when it came to Catholicism.
[quote]Gambit_Lost wrote:
[quote]Brother Chris wrote:
[quote]Rational Gaze wrote:
If he doesn’t touch any kids he’s OK in my book![/quote]
Hopefully (which I’m putting good odds on he will) crack down even harder, specifically on American priests, on the kid touchers. [/quote]
I hope so too, but I won’t be putting odds on it. [/quote]
Canon Law is coming back on vogue. Get your shit kickers on, we’re cleaning house.
[quote]Makavali wrote:
Politics and World Issues[/quote]
Political influences stated in the article. I’d say reading comprehension, but I’m not sure what your point is.
[quote]Brother Chris wrote:
[quote]Gambit_Lost wrote:
[quote]Brother Chris wrote:
I think it’s great! Glad the hippies are being pushed out.[/quote]
lol. I take it you’re not a “Dorothy Day” type then?
Also, there’s just something funny about the word “catholic” and “being pushed out” that’s funny together, no?[/quote]
Dorthy Day was very conservative when it came to Catholicism.[/quote]
Depends on what you mean by “conservative” I guess, but that wasn’t really the point of my joke though. Go to any catholic worker house in the USA and I bet you’ll find some of those hippies you want to push out.