This one, I can't let go.
May. 14th, 2004 01:35 pm![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
bktheirregularFrom the Denver Post:
"Bishop draws line for voters: Communion tied to politics"
"The bishop of Colorado's second-largest Roman Catholic diocese has issued a pastoral letter saying Catholics cannot receive Communion if they vote for politicians who support abortion rights, stem-cell research, euthanasia or gay marriage."
*blink*
*blink*
You know, I'm starting to get this odd impression that I'm living in some bankrupt Third World theocratic police state, and the country I was brought up to cherish is bound and gagged in the hall closet.
Because this ... this ... I want to use the phrase "spiritual blackmail", but that sounds too gentle.
"Spiritual extortion"? Is that strong enough?
"Bishop draws line for voters: Communion tied to politics"
"The bishop of Colorado's second-largest Roman Catholic diocese has issued a pastoral letter saying Catholics cannot receive Communion if they vote for politicians who support abortion rights, stem-cell research, euthanasia or gay marriage."
*blink*
*blink*
You know, I'm starting to get this odd impression that I'm living in some bankrupt Third World theocratic police state, and the country I was brought up to cherish is bound and gagged in the hall closet.
Because this ... this ... I want to use the phrase "spiritual blackmail", but that sounds too gentle.
"Spiritual extortion"? Is that strong enough?
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Date: 2004-05-14 12:41 pm (UTC)Yes, but if they go in for endorsing specific political positions and/or candidates (as this bishop is pretty clearly doing), they are liable to lose their tax-exempt status.
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Date: 2004-05-14 10:05 pm (UTC)