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Nevilledog

(55,137 posts) Mon Sep 7, 2020, 08:10 PM Sep 2020

Texas bishop endorses video claiming faithful Catholics can't support Democratic candidates

https://www.ncronline.org/news/politics/texas-bishop-endorses-video-claiming-faithful-catholics-can-t-support-democratic

Bishop Joseph Strickland of Tyler, Texas, has endorsed a video that includes anti-immigrant remarks and homophobic slurs by a priest of Wisconsin in which the priest claims, “You cannot be Catholic and be a Democrat.”

The video was released Aug. 30 by Fr. James Altman, pastor of St. James the Less Catholic Church in La Crosse, Wisconsin, and has since received more than 298,000 views.

In the 10-minute video, set to ominous music and dark lighting, the priest slams Archbishop Wilton Gregory of Washington D.C., for his criticism of President Donald Trump’s photo-op and appearance at the St. John Paul II National Shrine earlier this summer. He also criticizes Jesuit Fr. James Martin and his closing prayer at the Democratic National Convention; refers to participants in the Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals program, which protects immigrants who entered the United States as minors from deportation, as “criminal illegal aliens"; and calls climate change a hoax.

The Diocese of La Crosse, Wisconsin, did not immediately respond to NCR’s request for comment on Altman and the video.

On Sept. 5, however, Strickland took to Twitter to share the video and thank Altman for his “courage.”

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Tax these fuckers or shut them the hell up.

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Texas bishop endorses video claiming faithful Catholics can't support Democratic candidates (Original Post) Nevilledog Sep 2020 OP

Way past time to tax them. nt Phoenix61 Sep 2020 #1

Yes, tax these fuckers, but... Silent3 Sep 2020 #2

Sorry. Churches want to be political. Pay taxes like every other business. bullimiami Sep 2020 #3

And you cannot be a Catholic and be a Republican. nt Ilsa Sep 2020 #4

For many, many decades you could be a pedophile and a priest. keithbvadu2 Sep 2020 #5

Another right-wing pos rockfordfile Sep 2020 #6

This message was self-deleted by its author dalton99a Sep 2020 #7

Phoenix61

(18,889 posts)

1. Way past time to tax them. nt

Reply to Nevilledog (Original post)

Mon Sep 7, 2020, 08:12 PM

Sep 2020

Silent3

(15,909 posts)

2. Yes, tax these fuckers, but...

Reply to Nevilledog (Original post)

Mon Sep 7, 2020, 08:13 PM

Sep 2020

...even so, I suspect that this kind of attitude will estrange people more from the Catholic church than it will serve to flip many votes.

bullimiami

(14,075 posts)

3. Sorry. Churches want to be political. Pay taxes like every other business.

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Mon Sep 7, 2020, 08:15 PM

Sep 2020

Ilsa

(64,569 posts)

4. And you cannot be a Catholic and be a Republican. nt

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Mon Sep 7, 2020, 08:20 PM

Sep 2020

keithbvadu2

(40,915 posts)

5. For many, many decades you could be a pedophile and a priest.

Reply to Nevilledog (Original post)

Tue Sep 8, 2020, 12:52 AM

Sep 2020

For many, many decades you could be a pedophile and a priest.

A good Catholic in good standing.

They are still being exposed.

Look to these Catholics for moral guidance?

rockfordfile

(8,742 posts)

6. Another right-wing pos

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Tue Sep 8, 2020, 01:27 AM

Sep 2020

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