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Re: 3/23: Peace Protesters Stage Dramatic Die-in to Oppose Iraq War at City's Most Prominent Catholic Parish

Weird that much of this thread is an alleged lefty complaining about a clearly leftist act -- taking the war directly to a part of the public that still supports it. Let's be clear -- those kids are facing completely bogus felony charges because some dipshit copper whiteshirt in the house got his undies in a bunch. Why? Because 'their' church is one place these sanctimonious hypocrites expect to be able to pat themselves on the back and reassure themselves about their salvation despite their ongoing support for what is effectively mass murder of Iraqis. The KKK has hidden among the ranks of more than a few so-called 'church leaders', a tradition that is alive and thriving today among people like ardent John McCain supporter and unrepentant anti-Catholic, anti-Semitic pastor John Hagee. And a host of right-wing movements, from the generals in Chile to the leaders of right-wing death squads in Colombia, have relied on tacit and sometimes open support from Catholic Church 'leaders', those master political hacks in their own right. The reality is that Cardinal George has put the cabosh wherever possible on local parishes whose priests have supported issues that are too 'progressive', from work on behalf of immigrants in those parishes to peace work on behalf of the Iraqi people. Do you think religion in places like the Catholic Archdiocese isn't political?

We need to ditch the business-as-usual mentality out there about this war, and that means taking it directly to those who continue to support this war, wherever that may be. One place these warmonger hypocrites are hiding is 'church'. So we take it to them there. That is, after all, what the bible says Jesus Christ did. Got the pharisees' undies in a bunch back then, too.
 
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