10-13-2019, 07:52 PM
(This post was last modified: 10-13-2019, 07:53 PM by Tres Leches.)
Damned Catholics
Damned Catholics
(10-13-2019, 07:07 PM)Minimalist Wrote: With Trump and his fucking kids around it is hard to remember that there are other scumbags in this country. Hard, but necessary.
https://www.usatoday.com/in-depth/news/i...345778001/
Quote:The Catholic Church and Boy Scouts are lobbying against child abuse statutes. This is their playbook
Quote:Pennsylvania state Rep. Tom Murt slid into a pew at his childhood church, seeking a break from politics and the stress of work.
Instead, Murt got an earful.
In his sermon, the priest talked about a bill pending in the state Legislature that would give survivors of child sexual abuse more time to sue their abusers – and the institutions that hid abuse.
The Catholic Church was being mistreated, the priest said. Legislators were being particularly harsh toward the church while leaving public school teachers who commit crimes off the hook.
Then the priest singled out Murt.
Tom Murt, the priest said, wasn’t defending the church in its time of need. In fact, the Republican and lifelong Catholic was supporting the legislation.
And apparently we can toss the fucking Boy Scouts in for good measure.
(bold is mine)
These are the same people who believe they're entitled to tax exempt status. Because, ya know, separation of church and state.
-Teresa
There is in the universe only one true divide, one real binary, life and death. Either you are living or you are not. Everything else is molten, malleable.
-Susan Faludi, In the Darkroom
-Susan Faludi, In the Darkroom