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JoePhilly

(27,787 posts) Mon May 7, 2012, 01:21 PM May 2012

Did anyone else just hear Andrea Mitchell declare that marriage is a "sacrament"?? [View all]

I'm pretty sure I just heard her say that while grilling Stephenie Cutter (I think that's who it was) about Joe Biden's statement on gay marriage the other day.

I did not hear her preface it with "some believe" ... it sounds to be as if, in her attempts to get Cutter to say something controversial, Mitchell declared that "marriage is a sacrament".

Which I find odd because you can go to city hall and get married with no clergy or religious trimmings of any kind.

Did anyone else catch this? Did I hear it correctly?

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Did anyone else just hear Andrea Mitchell declare that marriage is a "sacrament"?? [View all] JoePhilly May 2012 OP

Pursuant to Catholic dogma, it is gratuitous May 2012 #1

Exactly what I was thinking ... its like Mitchell was intentionaly using that word to force Cutter JoePhilly May 2012 #2

There are seven sacraments in the Catholic Religion. Baitball Blogger May 2012 #3

8. trumad May 2012 #6

LOL! Baitball Blogger May 2012 #7

9 truebrit71 May 2012 #9

10 Abortion (if men could get pregnant) NYC Liberal May 2012 #17

+1 wandy May 2012 #4

this morning i heard someone on CNN say "perception is reality" BOG PERSON May 2012 #5

The media is doing everything it can to keep this election close. JoePhilly May 2012 #8

Money us a sacrament, just watch TV on Sunday. nt bemildred May 2012 #10

Makes sense ... after all, Andrea is married to Alan Greenspan. JoePhilly May 2012 #11

Maybe we should combine our threads? HockeyMom May 2012 #12

Sure ... does DU have a "combine threads" button?? JoePhilly May 2012 #16

I heard her say it as well... Spazito May 2012 #13

Just what the hell is a sacrament, anyway?? Bake May 2012 #14

. Jamaal510 May 2012 #15

It's a sacrament in a church, temple, mosque... At City Hall annabanana May 2012 #18

Someone should just ask her if she got a marriage MineralMan May 2012 #19