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(26,045 posts)babylonsister
(171,091 posts)before typing it...
hedgehog
(36,286 posts)I'm not sure what bothers the right wingers the most, the things she says or the fact that she dresses like an adult and not like someone who can be ignored.
babylonsister
(171,091 posts)PDJane
(10,103 posts)A lovely, compassionate and great woman who used to write a column I read on a regular basis. She's a beautiful example of compassion, in my view a woman of greater breadth than Mother Teresa.
calimary
(81,466 posts)I LOVE her writing.
Cleita
(75,480 posts)screws to the Vatican, who will find ways to disenfranchise them and even ex-communicate them. It's happened before and will happen again. Nothing will change until the Catholics get a more progressive Pope.
mrmpa
(4,033 posts)in the '70's. She is the type of Nun who did not discipline me, when discussing abortion, I stated that I approved Roe v. Wade.
Cleita
(75,480 posts)She was very progressive in her ideas but had to butt heads with her Mother Superior all the time who was bat faced bitch.
Cha
(297,655 posts)[font size=large]"I do not believe that just because you're opposed to abortion, that that makes you pro-life. In fact, I think in many cases, your morality is deeply lacking if all you want is a child born but not a child fed, not a child educated, not a child housed. And why would I think that you don't? Because you don't want any tax money to go there. That's not pro-life. That's pro-birth. We need a much broader conversation on what the morality of pro-life is."[/font]
Make It VIRAL!
Thank you, babylonsistah~
Raster
(20,998 posts)...as opposed to the pretender and his minions of hate.
Bernardo de La Paz
(49,038 posts)Her text: Sister Joan Chittister, a Benedictine nun, had this to say on Bill Moyers' show in November of 2004:
Governor Jennifer Granholm essay: http://www.huffingtonpost.com/jennifer-m-granholm/republicans-what-about-ch_b_1835134.html
A graphic from http://www.atheistmemebase.com
mountain grammy
(26,648 posts)She understands the Word.
calimary
(81,466 posts)She's an inspiration to us all, and how true her words are!
classof56
(5,376 posts)What a true Christian, greatly to be admired and emulated. She is a blessing to all who heed her words.