Conservative Catholic League President Bill Donohue Defends Beck: Many Of His Critics Are ‘Phonies’

[Joanne98]

On his radio show recently, Glenn Beck controversially warned his audience to leave churches that care about social justice:

I beg you, look for the words “social justice” or “economic justice” on your church website. If you find it, run as fast as you can. Social justice and economic justice –they are code words. Now, am I advising people to leave their church? Yes — if I am going to Jeremiah Wright’s church. Yes! Leave your church! … If you have a priest that is pushing social justice, go find another parish.

Leading religious figures and organizations — including from Beck’s own Mormon faith — quickly condemned the hate radio host’s remarks. The progressive Christian group Sojourners has also launched a campaign responding to Beck. Some others:

– “My own experience as a believing Latter-day Saint over the course of 60 years is that I have seen social justice in practice in every L.D.S. congregation I’ve been in. … So if that’s Beck’s definition of social justice, he and I are definitely not on the same team.” — Kent P. Jackson, associate dean of religion at Brigham Young University

– “Could Beck’s claim be construed as “anti-Catholic?” Yes and no. I think if anyone else had made the remark it would have been hard to dismiss the anti-Catholic undertones. … Still, I’m curious to see how Beck’s loyal defenders will excuse his latest outrageous remarks. If we’re not supposed to take him seriously when he says stuff like this, when exactly are we to take him seriously?” — Joe Carter, online editor at the conservative magazine First Things

– “Glenn Beck’s desire to detach social justice from the Gospel is a move to detach care for the poor from the Gospel. But a church without the poor, and a church without a desire for a just social world for all, is not the church. At least not the church of Jesus Christ. Who was, by the way, poor.” — Rev. James Martin, an editor at the Jesuit magazine America

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http://thinkprogress.org/2010/03/12/beck-donohue-catholic/

Donohue's a heretic. He should be forced to resign over this!

[marmar]

1. Donohue is a real piece of (fill in the blank)

nt

[WCGreen]

2. Donahue is a political figure masquerading as religious fellow...

plain and simple.

[RaleighNCDUer]

5. And his politics is fascism. And that is not hyperbole. nt

[WCGreen]

6. True that...

[meegbear]

3. "find a more conservative parish if one is dissatisfied with hearing left-wing sermons" ...

I don't wanna hear no more of those liberal Jew Jesus stories for me - gimme smiting!

[RaleighNCDUer]

4. And he is definitely one to know all about phonies. nt

[NoPasaran]

7. He sure is

Since his "League" consists of himself and a fax machine.

[southernyankeebelle]

8. Fat boy Billy doesn't speak for me, and many other catholics. Many of us grew up

to have a moral compassion for the poor. I don't listen to them.

[amb123]

9. SEIG HEIL BILL!!!

:nuke:

[Bitwit1234]

10. So we all know "Crazy Bill" Donanue doesn't believe in social justice

he just wants to be the head of everything. And wants people to bow down to him.

[pattmarty]

11. He is a fat, old, white, stupid ass hole. Did I leave anything out?

[givemebackmycountry]

14. Yeah PM

As a matter of fact you did.

He indeed is a fat, old, white, stupid ass hole.
He is also a whore, a money grubbing, low life, bottom feeding, pompous, self aggrandizing, pretend Catholic, whore.

Did I leave anything out?

:toast:

[butterfly77]

16. Yes...

He is a piece of shit.

[pattmarty]

17. This is what happens often when I get in a hurry, I tend sometimes............

.............to forget some IMPORTANT things. Thx for the correction.

[Zoeisright]

12. BlecKKK (sic) and Donohue are the phonies.

Crying crocodile tears while they lie.

I hate their fucking guts.

[Caretha]

13. Dear Lord

save me from the pseudo Christians....I prefer the lions.

[butterfly77]

15. So I see this nut is still around..

All of the old nuts are coming out of the recycle bin.

[TrogL]

18. sounds like Holden Caufield