Priest removes Obama books from school

[scytherius]

Source: UPI

A priest has removed two books about Barack Obama from a Missouri Roman Catholic school's library because of the president-elect's abortion position.

Read more: http://www.upi.com/Top_News/2008/12/18/Priest_removes_Obama_books_from_school/UPI-74271229623123/

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Religion is desperate and dying.

[KamaAina]

1. What? Do they contain "Obama-nations"?

:eyes:

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[RetroLounge]

4. Religion is desperate and dying.

can't happen soon enough...

RL

[Mari333]

5. But wont he put them back after Rick Warren speaks? n/t

[sakabatou]

6. *facepalm*

[Politicalboi]

7. But yet the bible

Is ok. I say let's get rid of the bible. It's too violent for children, and it makes them weak minded.

[and-justice-for-all]

8. The babble actually advocates baby killing...

and having slaves and having a submissive wife....etc

The babble needs slapped with a Parental Advisory label.

[and-justice-for-all]

9. Its funny that they make this an abortion issue...

when in reality, for them, it is their issue with women having the power to decided when and if life begins. It burns their ass that 'women' have such power and that it is not up to their invisible friend...Don't be fooled, this is all about their idea of women being seen and not heard, if they could, these idiots would take us all back to the dark ages.

[Piewhacket]

13. Nice "Ban Repulican Marriage" sticker....

Would you have any "Ban Republican Procreation" stickers around?

Its not for me, I swear.
I'm looking for one to put on a fundie relative's car.
You know, for Christmas.

Thanks in advance.

[and-justice-for-all]

20. stickerjunkie.com or evolvefish.com

[salguine]

10. Huh. How does the priest feel about books on institutionalized child molestation?

[Phred42]

11. It IS really time to review the 501C3 status of these monsters

[davidthegnome]

12. What an asshole

If anyone deserves to be defrocked, it's assholes like that guy. Of course if those who deserved it were defrocked, good old Benedickhead would've been defrocked ages ago. Sick.

[crim son]

14. I don't see the problem.

He's merely giving "free will" a little nudge. :eyes:
edit: typo

[2Design]

15. evil church - bad for people n/t

[benld74]

16. My kid is in Catholic School,,,

and if that happened, I DO believe a righteous school board meeting would ensue!

[norepubsin08]

17. Fine if he wants to pulll that shit

then he needs to pull every book about every single person who supports the death penalty or who is against welfare etc etc...because if you're going to be consistent to what the NCCB has to say then you need to be "pro-life" all the way...

[CatholicEdHead]

18. He apparently only wants to pull them in Janurary but will put them back up

in Feb and March. It looks like he wants to minimize the inauguration. They are being put up so the school can remain creditable as pulling information from a sitting president hurts your social science curriculum.

[Blue_Tires]

21. then why even pull them in the first place?

what a jagg-off

[CatholicEdHead]

22. To get attention, to try to get on the short list for Bishop

You need to do this kind of crap to be noticed for a promotion nowadays. :puke: :(

[baldguy]

19. Then the school & the diocese should lose their tax-exempt status.

[JerseygirlCT]

27. Why?

It's a private school, and it's their library. They can include and exclude whatever they want.

Certainly makes for a more restricted and less useful educational atmosphere for their students, but it's entirely their business.

[RCinBrooklyn]

23. It's a Catholic School. It's a religious institution. I have no problem with it.

[JerseygirlCT]

26. Yeah, they can do what they want. It's dopey

and an affront to the idea of academic inquiry and freedom - but I'm sure he's sucking up to the bishop, who's in love with the publicity that his hard-core anti-Dem positions get him.

[Dorian Gray]

30. I'm also an

RC in Brooklyn. LOL.

I agree... it's a private religious school. However, if it were a school that I sent my children to (say St Saviors), I'd have some words with the principal about it.

Plus, they had the book there in the FIRST PLACE, regardless of his abortion position. It sounds like something more for publicity.

[muriel_volestrangler]

32. Still, it shows he's an idiot, who is going to screw up the education of the pupils

And it's a shame when young minds don't get the education everyone deserves. I wouldn't mind private schools being licensed, in the way the other professionals who perform vital services for money are licensed, like lawyers or doctors. And this kind of stunt would go a long way to losing your licence.

[KakistocracyHater]

24. Religious Police alert

they are gearing up & are now active.

[sarcasmo]

25. Imagine, a priest trying to force his views on society.

[No Elephants]

28. Only two books? Not even enough for a respectably book burning. Shucks. [sarcasm

[Vinca]

29. Did he leave the child molestation books?

[mitchum]

31. Fucking kiddydiddlers

[Leftest]

33. The Nazi party got rid of books too

n/t

[IndianaGreen]

34. And I should be outraged about this because....

Obama has failed to speak up against passage of Prop 8, and has remained silent on efforts to repeal Prop 8, or on California's AG Jerry Brown court challenge to those trying to invalidate the marriage of 18,000 gay and lesbian couples.

If Obama won't defend LGBT rights, and I mean fight, not just regale us with his florid words, the LGBT community won't defend Obama.

This priest removed books authored by Obama motivated by bigotry and intolerance. Isn't there a moral equivalency between the priest's bigotry and Rick Warren's?

[SomeGuyInEagan]

35. The books are BACK ON THE SHELVES (the priest, however, is still a moron) ...

... apparently, he took the time to read them and put back on the shelves the next day:

http://tinyurl.com/9pk5ar

This guy is an embarrassment to all of us.