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UTUSN

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7. R#2 & K for, excellently put.

Reply to PennsylvaniaMatt (Original post)

Sat Aug 17, 2013, 07:05 PM

Aug 2013

While I am fairly much lapsed, my whole family has been totally RC. My mother and sister belonged to an extra distilled whaddayacallit, chapter of some kind, and some of their close friends took it to the limit specifically with the anti-Choice issue. It got to the point that the wingnuts were telling the more liberal ones that they were going to hell, and finally for the sake of keeping the sub-group of friends together, politics had to be ruled out of discussion.

Well, it happens, just among regular families. Plus, with my webbring of Vietnam shipmates, I had to call it quits during the '04 campaign when all it came down to was their circulating wingnut smear e-mails.

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I Just Got Back From Catholic Mass...And It Felt Like A Republican Fundraiser. [View all] PennsylvaniaMatt Aug 2013 OP

Discuss the church's tax-exempt status with him burnodo Aug 2013 #1

Call the bishop. Ilsa Aug 2013 #2

If the archbishop in the OP's area is like the one we have in St. Paul it won't do any good. dflprincess Aug 2013 #15

Sounds like maybe he missed his calling as a journalist; suggest this to him. nt populistdriven Aug 2013 #3

Wow Just Saying Aug 2013 #4

No offense taken at all! PennsylvaniaMatt Aug 2013 #5

I find this behavior outrageous. People go IMO to be spiritually uplifted, not RKP5637 Aug 2013 #6

R#2 & K for, excellently put. UTUSN Aug 2013 #7

You know far better than I do, but you might feel more at home, nadinbrzezinski Aug 2013 #8

We've experienced this OmahaBlueDog Aug 2013 #9

God bless you! Iliyah Aug 2013 #10

I stopped going in 2004...priest telling us to vote for anti-homosexual amendment. joanbarnes Aug 2013 #11

Go back w/o grandma and do an old-fashioned walk out. Coyotl Aug 2013 #12

Something! To let the priest know he's not doing his job. n/m Cha Aug 2013 #25

Yeah. He should have stuck with the simple gay bashing and then that would have Luminous Animal Aug 2013 #29

Not true blueamy66 Aug 2013 #49

Those are the official positions of the Church. Arugula Latte Aug 2013 #59

But the "Church" IS the people. blueamy66 Aug 2013 #63

"The people" are still enabling the creepy anti-women crooks at the top. Arugula Latte Aug 2013 #67

Not all of us are. blueamy66 Aug 2013 #68

You are right...Not all of us are supportive of anti-women and anti-gay positions held by the church PennsylvaniaMatt Aug 2013 #71

Should have asked the priest how many of his brethern ... zbdent Aug 2013 #13

Do you think Jesus would have sat there and tried to challenge this cretin with a few eye-rolls? VPStoltz Aug 2013 #14

Find another church. Dawson Leery Aug 2013 #16

Are you sure your Grandma wouldn't have supported you in your walk out? dflprincess Aug 2013 #17

If churches want to preach politics and endorse candidates, they pay. Period. Initech Aug 2013 #18

Probably were mstinamotorcity2 Aug 2013 #19

I'm sorry but I cannot understand why anyone would support this church MichiganVote Aug 2013 #20

A lot of it is cultural Patiod Aug 2013 #52

I grew up in the church and I mean I REALLY grew up in the church. MichiganVote Aug 2013 #58

The homily is supposed to have something to do with the day's readings. rug Aug 2013 #21

Yes, you are right! He turned it political and took in the complete wrong direction. PennsylvaniaMatt Aug 2013 #22

It's interesting how priests, even within the same diocese, emphasize what they choose to. rug Aug 2013 #23

Leave. cprise Aug 2013 #24

So you regularly attend a meeting led by a homophobic misogynist and you are surprised Luminous Animal Aug 2013 #26

Send him a letter disapproving of his behavior, make sure you mention that MADem Aug 2013 #27

"In nicer language of course".. Cha Aug 2013 #34

There are other options, you know. Deep13 Aug 2013 #28

Yeah, that's not true. ForgoTheConsequence Aug 2013 #30

I believe the "yes" side of the debate. Deep13 Aug 2013 #32

In the Christian world. ForgoTheConsequence Aug 2013 #35

The Maronite Church welcomes you! nt Deep13 Aug 2013 #64

Would you mind posting Summer Hathaway Aug 2013 #31

Yeah, that will change his mind. Not. blueamy66 Aug 2013 #69

He sounds like a lot of DUers. pnwmom Aug 2013 #33

Priest sounds like a whinebot who's heard too many Cha Aug 2013 #36

I would have a talk with grandmother and see how she feels about this pastor. B Calm Aug 2013 #37

He shouldn't have strayed. We have a society... an entire *culture* based on *theft*. Smarmie Doofus Aug 2013 #38

Last time i went to church i got up and left 10 mins into the mass. darkangel218 Aug 2013 #39

I'm trying to figure out what they could have done that was that offensive 10 minutes into a mass OmahaBlueDog Aug 2013 #42

Mightve been longer, i dont remember darkangel218 Aug 2013 #43

OK - this sounds like it was a non-Catholic service OmahaBlueDog Aug 2013 #45

It was a nondenominational Christian church in Miami Beacb. darkangel218 Aug 2013 #46

Sounds similar to a Southern Baptist sermon. LuvNewcastle Aug 2013 #40

What's his DU username? geek tragedy Aug 2013 #41

Admit it you sat there and said or did nothing, eye rolls don't count. It only takes one CK_John Aug 2013 #44

And they then wonder why numbers are in freefall NickB79 Aug 2013 #47

Funny thing. I also went to a Catholic mass yesterday. Tommy_Carcetti Aug 2013 #48

I've seen that in action Patiod Aug 2013 #55

this is why people leave organized religion olddots Aug 2013 #50

write the white collared miscreant. ChairmanAgnostic Aug 2013 #51

more guts than i got --i would have walked muttering a little too loudly about how the priest was an dembotoz Aug 2013 #53

The tax exempt status these Charlatans hide behind should have been revoked years ago. sarcasmo Aug 2013 #54

The far right morons are pushing the "IRS" conspiracies. Dash87 Aug 2013 #56

If you've never read "The Handmaid's Tale" by Margaret Atwood, I highly recommend it Zorra Aug 2013 #57

I've gone to a couple of Catholic weddings that were absolutely disgusting. Arugula Latte Aug 2013 #60

If you sit in an outhouse then expect to smell shit. RagAss Aug 2013 #61

I feel your pain. I had a similar experience in a Sunday school class at a Methodist church. raccoon Aug 2013 #62

Fuck the Church Go Vols Aug 2013 #65

Is there any other organization you would remain in... MellowDem Aug 2013 #66

When people rant against 'political correctness', it usually means they're upset because they Aristus Aug 2013 #70