I need one of these. Some geeky types might recognize it as a LART. Read May 17, 18, 19, 20, and 21 of "Pearls Before Swine".
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Bias in the Media? Nahhh….
Hear that one about Kerry winning by 7 points from the LA Times? Yeah, so did I.
Now have a look at what at what Mr.
Drudge has to say. He’s not alone,
either.
[No survey is perfectly representative of the entire population, but this is
unacceptable. – Funky Dung]
Offended By a Name?
I think it’s ridiculous when PETA tries to get street and town names changed, but at least they don’t bring constitutional law into it. I hope nobody is anal retentive enough to insist on name changes for cities with religious connections to their names. The number of names to be changed boggles the mind. They go well beyond "San" this and "Santa" that. What would happen to Bethlehem, PA, for instance?
L.A.’s name too divine?
‘Angels’ reference may mean trouble
By Troy Anderson, Staff Writer
"No L.A.? It’s no joke. A strong legal argument can be made that the name of the city of Los Angeles — even worse its formal name, "The Town of Our Lady the Queen of Angels of the Little Portion" — violates the constitutional requirement for separation of church and state."
Los Angeles name too godly for U.S.?
Some constitutional experts think reference to ‘angels’ spells trouble
The city of Los Angeles may have to change its name.
Gone to the Dogs
Ordination of actively homosexual priests is wrong, but at least it’s an issue that intelligent individuals can debate rationally. Having regular pet attendance at communion, however, is absolutely ridiculous. I wonder how widely this practice is considered acceptable by the Anglican hierarchy.
Houses of Worship Are Reaching Out To a Flock of Pets
Purr Box Goes to Communion At St. Francis Episcopal; A Group ‘Bark Mitzvah’
For the first time in 10 years, Mary Wilkinson went to church one Sunday in January. She sat in a back pew at St. Francis Episcopal Church in Stamford, Conn., flipping through a prayer book and listening intently to the priest’s sermon.
Improper Conduct
Well,
I am now a former parishoner of my parish.[…]
[A]fter I had received the body and blood, soul and divinity of Our Lord Jesus Christ in my mouth, and as I was proceeding back to my pew (still with the Body of Christ in my mouth), the women’s ACTS group finished their rendition of “How Great Thou Art.”
Then half of the congregation clapped and catcalled and whistled and cheered.
During the Eucharist.
For the women’s ACTS group.
And that, my friends, was the deal breaker for me and my parish. I can ignore the ritualized clapping after the choir finishes the final song of the Mass. The priest is gone, the tabernacle is sealed, and the Mass is ended. I can even ignore the fact that the choir director is an ageing ex-hippie gal who shakes her butt whenever she uses the tamborine during a song. I wince but don’t walk out when the altar servers walk up to the altar and start grabbing the crystal chalices filled with the Precious Blood and handing them to the deacon. I can deal with the fact that they use crystal for the chalices and for the ciboriums, even though the Bookman and I have been looking into buying some of the less expensive precious metal ones and donating them to the church.
But the fact that a large percentage of the congregation thought it was acceptable, in any way, shape, or form, to applaud a musical performance during the most sacred mystery of the Eucharist . . . that tells me right there that the people at that parish have no clue what the Mass is about. The disrespect staggered me. I actually gasped, just stunned that anyone could possibly think that it was an appropriate time for catcalls and whooping.
I don’t blame this lady for leaving her parish one bit. It’s sad, though, that she
could not have been a force for change. I’m sure it wasn’t for lack of trying.