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(53,404 posts) Fri Sep 7, 2012, 08:26 PM Sep 2012

Obama and the Democrats deserve us giving them a break about the Dolan prayer [View all]

but, any fool could have told you what he would do given that platform. Frankly from a gay perspective this was the best convention ever, bar none. Dolan didn't change that. But he was a stupid self inflicted wound. Next time, tell the bigot to stay home.

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Obama and the Democrats deserve us giving them a break about the Dolan prayer [View all] dsc Sep 2012 OP

tell the priest class to give a brief prayer not an effing speech nt msongs Sep 2012 #1

short of shutting of the mic which no one was going to do to him dsc Sep 2012 #2

I give them endless breaks IVoteDFL Sep 2012 #3

He absolutely shouldn't have been chosen to speak Grateful for Hope Sep 2012 #4

I didn't watch.. one_voice Sep 2012 #6

I hear what you are saying and I agree. n/t Grateful for Hope Sep 2012 #8

What the fuck is wrong with just an "Our Father"? Jesus told us that it's his daddy's favorite. Kurovski Sep 2012 #5

I wonder who made the call. Bad call. It was more a political speech than prayer. nt Honeycombe8 Sep 2012 #7

Thank you for not giving any power to Cha Sep 2012 #9

Yep. We all knew what he was gonna do. Blackmail DevonRex Sep 2012 #10

Dolan's prayer showed the world how out of step the Catholic Church is and kiranon Sep 2012 #11

There is an upside to the contrast between the cranky misogynist pervo defender eridani Sep 2012 #12

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