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In reply to the discussion: Hey Catholic Cut-n-Runners: Come Back, Now. DU, Your Country, and World Need You. [View all]pmorlan1
(2,096 posts)39. Intolerance
In my view, those Catholics who don't support the Church view on abortion, gay rights, etc. stay with their Church to fight from within like the nuns have been doing. It's also kind of like those of us who stay in the Democratic Party in order to fight for the soul of the Party from within. I don't agree with everything the Party supports and when I don't I say so. I've been jumped on before for not supporting President Obama's continuation of the Bush era "war on terror" policies.
I'm not Catholic but I sure hope any Catholics who have left this forum because of comments directed at them will reconsider and come back. All of us are needed to fight intolerance whenever it rears it's ugly head.
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Hey Catholic Cut-n-Runners: Come Back, Now. DU, Your Country, and World Need You. [View all]
MannyGoldstein
Mar 2013
OP
truly this coronation of a new pope has us all a bit on edge it would seem.
Phillip McCleod
Mar 2013
#5
It's his statements, pre-employment as pope, about things like same sex marriage.
AtheistCrusader
Mar 2013
#25
Thanks Manny, we need all the liberal hands on deck, The problem appears to be
Dragonfli
Mar 2013
#24
Yeah those evil nuns on their busses and catholic charities that feed the poor suck!
Dragonfli
Mar 2013
#40
Keep your friends close and your enemies closer is good advice, but it is predicated on the
Egalitarian Thug
Mar 2013
#42
Jewish, which is to say agnostic with side orders of argument and pastrami.
MannyGoldstein
Mar 2013
#45
Don't worry, I'm not cutting and running... I am getting sharper elbows, though!
reformist2
Mar 2013
#46
I think it's because the media has just had wall-to-wall "the pope is important" coverage
muriel_volestrangler
Mar 2013
#53