Editorial: The one about a priest, a rapper and a comedian
A priest, a rapper and a comedian walk into a political minefield.
Stop us if you’ve heard this one before.
You have, of course, because this is a continuation of the discourse that’s become commonplace in an increasingly divided America where someone says something, offense is quickly taken, consequences follow — or don’t — and each side becomes more convinced of its opponents’ failings and its own moral superiority without much consideration.
But why pass up the opportunity to retell a joke.
So, the priest says he’s just been forced to resign from his job as chaplain of the House of Representatives.
Democrats, of course, but also some Republicans were angered to learn last week that popular U.S. House chaplain, the Rev. Pat Conroy — a native of Everett and a graduate of Snohomish High School — had been asked for his resignation by Speaker Paul Ryan. Ryan told fellow Republicans that there had been complaints about the Jesuit priest’s pastoral care. Along with giving the opening prayer when the house is in session, the chaplain also counsels members of Congress.
But others defended Conroy and praised the counsel he provides. And Conroy himself said he had been admonished previously by Ryan’s office and Ryan himself for being “too political” in prayers, specifically a Nov. 6 prayer — during the rush to pass the Republican’s package of tax cuts — that reminded lawmakers to consider the needs of “the least among us,” and “those who work but still struggle to make ends meet.”
“That’s nothing,” says the rapper, Kanye West, who came under criticism last week from many of his fellow performers, following tweets in support of President Trump.
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