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United States: John Kerry has decided to make a stand with the majority on women's rights rather than the moronic loud-mouth minority and it seems to have caught the boys in the frocks a bit off-side.
Democratic candidate John Kerry said Friday a woman's right to abortion is a major part of his campaign for president, ignoring a prominent Vatican official's call for denying Communion to Catholic politicians who support abortion rights.
I believe that in the year 2004 we deserve a president who understands that a stronger America is where women's rights are just that, rights, not political weapons to be used by politicians of this nation,Kerry said during a rally he had scheduled with women's rights groups.
More than 30 years after Roe vs. Wade became the law of the land, it has never been more at risk than it is today,Kerry said.We are going to have a change in leadership in this country to protect the right of choice.
Earlier Friday, Cardinal Francis Arinze would not comment on whether it was right to give Communion to Kerry, who is Catholic. Arinze spoke to reporters while issuing a Vatican directive, commissioned by Pope John Paul II, that clamps down on liturgical abuses in Mass. The 71-page document does not address the question of pro-choice politicians, an issue reporters raised with the cardinal.
When asked in general aboutunambiguously pro-abortionCatholic politicians, Arinze said such a politicianis not fitto receive Communion.If they should not receive, then they should not be given,he said.
Kerry spokesman David Wade would not respond directly to Arinze, but he reiterated Kerry's position on the separation of church and state thathelped make religious affiliation a nonissue in American politics.
Kerry Promotes Abortion Rights at Rally - AP, 23rd April 2004.
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September 5, 2004 2:55 PM
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It was spam, according to my current policy of not tolerating fuckwits while on holiday. So I nuked it - did you add the URL to the blacklist before deleting it? I've also decided I can't be arsed determining whether something with an obviously false e-mail address is a worthy comment or not, and have deleted those too.
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September 5, 2004 11:31 PM
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I've added the URL now, dug it out of browsing history.
I think mindless political spammers manage to get up my nose more than mindless religious spammers.
Evangelism, witnessing and similar activitites go by one name here—advertising
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September 5, 2004 4:43 AM | Reply
Oh look, something that obviously wasn't using the family braincell, popped by to push its rhetoric about how the government should have control of your body.
I have to wonder how holier than thou these wallies would be if the government suddenly mandated forced pregnancies with government selected mates (for the good of the country, of course) on these idiots. I'm betting the shoe would be on the other foot then.
I wouldn't bother with the site, it's all shrill mindless propaganda from someone who obviously hasn't had an original thought in their life. I am, however, offended that it thought it could use this site to score free advertising for its crap t-shirts.