"Not all the American bishops are with me" Bush

[trumad]

From Josh Marshall.....

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According to today's Times ...

In his recent trip to Rome, President Bush asked a top Vatican official to push American bishops to speak out more about political issues, including same-sex marriage, according to a report in the National Catholic Reporter, an independent newspaper.

In a column posted Friday evening on the paper's Web site, John L. Allen Jr., its correspondent in Rome and the dean of Vatican journalists, wrote that Mr. Bush had made the request in a June 4 meeting with Cardinal Angelo Sodano, the Vatican secretary of state. Citing an unnamed Vatican official, Mr. Allen wrote: "Bush said, 'Not all the American bishops are with me' on the cultural issues. The implication was that he hoped the Vatican would nudge them toward more explicit activism."

http://www.talkingpointsmemo.com/archives/week_2004_06_13.php#003064

[WildClarySage]

1. Church and state must be separate

for the protection of both.

[punpirate]

4. True...

... but Bush doesn't care about that--he cares only about votes....

[wildwww2]

6. Yes. Bu$h cares about the votes. The ones he can supress.

Peace
Wildman
Al Gore is My President

[w13rd0]

2. If they are not "with him"...

...does that mean they are "against him", and if so, can the Vatican and several archdiosece <sp> soon expect bombing and invasion?

[Vickers]

10. Haha! That was my first thought. I was thinking maybe Georgie thought

he might get a "bump" by televising pictures of US troops pulling down the Sistine Chapel.

:P

[Justice]

3. Boston Globe Had That Article In Today' Paper

Page 1 below the fold.

Just below that was an article about parishes fighting the parish closing announcements. Bush cannot depend on people accepting what the church tells them to do.

[the Kelly Gang]

5. they're not usually with the Devil

[htuttle]

7. So this one Mafia don says to the other...

..."Not all your lieutenants are with me Don Wojtyla."

[trumad]

8. LOL

Except one hasn't a clue what is going on around him...



BTW: that would be Bush...

[Skittles]

9. this is very, very disturbing

Bush Inc is actively trying to destroy America.

[Nadienne]

11. It's a relief

that "not all American bishops are with" Bush.

'Specially when all I hear is that Bush is such a moral president, such a good man, and he has god on his side.

But the bishops that are not with Bush... they must be the radical bishops, the ones that are in favor of separation of church and state. They aren't real bishops. Or at least, that which they preach should be ignored...