GOP alleges Catholic-bashing in DFL ad that targets evangelical

The irony of course is that food shelves are staffed mosty by church groups and conservatives give overwhelming more to charity than do democrats, who expect the government to do the charitable work so they don’t have to.

No the real irony is some people can get so enraged and upset over a simple postcard, but completely ignore and turn a blind eye on the hundreds of priest molesting tens of thousands of victims over the years. How many more stories of the Catholic Church helping priests flee the county to avoid being prosecuted before you finally get enraged about that??

“The irony of course is that food shelves are staffed mosty by church groups and conservatives give overwhelming more to charity than do democrats,”

Really Dennis – that’s the line you’re going with? It’s not really “irony” if the conditions you are describing are not true.

When I was in college I worked for Catholic Charities in the Branch system – I saw a lot of nuns and other liberal women and men – I saw no young Republicans. Hardly “ironic”.

Yeah, weak claim, Dennis. I’m Catholic and go to church, and my not-conservative Catholic parish does lots of charitable work. It’s either willful ignorance on your part or a mean-spirited fabrication to suggest that conservatives have a corner on charitable work.

It is also inappropriate for clergy to be running for secular office.

I am all for getting the mudslinging out of politics, but the Catholic Church actively undermines democracy and I am not going to offer them a free pass on anything.

It’s about time the DFL calls out the GOP on their hypocrisy. What is christ-like about the GOP? Really? They like to talk but how do they back it up? Freedom of choice is God-given and the only way for us to be able to show our love for Him. GOP feeds on people’s fears, it certainly doesn’t promote trust and faith in God’s will. How are they kind to people and how do they help them in any way? All I see is the GOP leaving big business to their own devices and letting “the market” lead the way. Capitalism, really? In this country capitalism is just another word for greed, what’s Christ-like about that? How dare a pastor use his position in the church to promote himself. It’s just another example of how the GOP wants to highjack people’s faith in God for their own sick benefit, exactly like the fundamentalist Muslim highjackers did on 9/11. The GOP will never highjack my faith in the one and only God who deserves all glory and His Son, Jesus Christ, who has taught me to love others as my Father loves me.

First of all, since when does the Collar shown indicate ONLY a CATHOLIC PRIEST???? Isn’t that the collar the Evangelical Pastor fromTexas wantint Revolution wears in his photographs,

Dennis, I am a Catholic Democrat, and sick of your ilk thinking you have the corner on charity. I will be blunt,,,, when your denomination was but a Gleam in Our Father’s Eye,,,,, Catholic Charities was feeding the poor and sheltering the homeless regardless of denomination.

I can’t help it if the Bill Donohue’ of the Catholic League and other politically driven divisions of the catholic Church have allowed our church to be hi-jacked by the politically driven Evangelical Christian Right of whom you speak so kindly. We don’t tithe, we give to the charities of our choice. Tithing is the backbone of Evangleical Politics.

Well I was made aware of this because Glenn Beck’s Bodyguard, Bill Donohue had a Feedback stating “DEMS” explain Mailer,,,,, then I read it wasn’t DEMS (as in the Democratic Party) but rather the Democratic Farm Labor party,,, then I looked at the collar, and would ask out loud, “Since when does the collar mean Catholic Only”

The Catholic Church has been hi-jacked by the Tea Party wing of the Republican party, and the Bill Donohues of the world are doing our church great harm. They are perfectly happy to sell out our values, look for a single Feedback from the catholic League.

Look at the first two comments,,,, right out of the bag they are Catholic Bashing,,,,, as a Catholic, I see this all the time. As a Catholic I and many others are witnessing the real cause of the demise of our church…….. The political arm that protects the Sean Hannity, Pat Buchan, and Holocaust Denier Mel Gibson wing of our church for political purposes only.

Dennis and James, I am Catholic, proud to be Catholic, and will not allow those waiting to pounce tell me I don’t help the poor. – Just because you don’t ask for a receipt, doesn’t mean you haven’t given,,,, it just means you have a different motive for that gift.

Well written article.

By itself, the “priest” image is not convincing. But the image of a “priest” wearing a button saying “Ignore the Poor” is a reminder to Minnesotans of the reaction of the mailing of a Marriage DVD with the Church’s teachings against homosexual marriage legislation. The preponderance of the objections to that mailing, funded by an anonymous donor included comments to the effect that the money should have been used to “help the poor.”

The Catholic Church and its adherents, including virtually every liberal Catholic who disagrees with the Church on important issues like abortion, and homosexual marriage, are the largest non-governmental providers of charity in this country.

See here: http://northlandcatholic.blogspot.com/2010/10/just-in-case-you-were-wondering-about.html

This is an outrageous and despicable slander against the Catholic Church.

But there were three versions of the anti Dan Hall postcards. The second had the image of an angel. Not at all convincing.

But the third was the image of a small altar surmounted by a statue of St. Anthony of Padua holding the Baby Jesus, seen in I’d bet most of the Catholic churches in Minnesota. I suppose there possibly could be an Episcopalian parish that might have that.

But, if you look closely at the “altar” image, in the lower left, you will see three crutches. Now that is a bit subtle but Catholics with a handicap who have prayed for intercession to a saint or to the Blessed Mother, or to God Himself, and who have received a miraculous cure, leave their crutches besides the altar as concrete evidence of that miraculous cure.

Now, do you still think that that mailing was only aimed at Dan Hall?

See here for a church in Boston: http://thetravelingwheelchair.com/the-basilica-of-our-lady-of-perpetual-help-the-mission-church/

“[C]onservatives give overwhelming more to charity . . .”

The adverbially-challenged Dennis raises this tired old talking point. I presume it is based on the statistic that Republicans show more charitable deductions on their income tax returns.

The charitable deduction may be taken for contributions to churches. THese contributions may have little to do with helping anyone who neds help. If I donate to a “prosperity gospel” megachurch, or contribute to a religious organization that mails out inflammatory DVDs, I can deduct my donation. It will show up as a donation to charity just as if it were to a food shelf or an orphanage.

Recently got a flyer in the mail from the RNC with Phillip Sterner on a “Wanted” poster. I find that much more offensive for what it implies!

Faith is a great and wonderful thing, and I would never try or mean to bash or lessen it. However blind faith in any ideal, be it Democratic, Republican,the Catholic Church or any other as being inherently supreme or always better then the opposition is just plain wrong.

My comments were meant to be against Dennis and the people who are so outraged against this postcard, but will not voice any outrage with the Catholic Church helping to protect and cover up the criminal actions of some priests and deny help to the victims of those crimes. I have no opinion on the matter of who gives to charities, just as long as they do give.

Oh, and you might just be surprised how much federal and state dollars are spent at places like Catholic Charities or Mary Jo’s. They are not run by donations alone, but get help from your tax dollars as well.

Think about it…………..To whom and to where do people turn when going through the hard times so many are going through right now. This is despicable!!! The DFL believes, the Government is the only place to turn. The new church if the liberals.
Some of you clown’s seem to feel the need for Ad-Hominem statements aimed toward the Catholic Church, snap out of it, there is no excuse for this asinine yet typical DFL BS.

If the clergy want to be treated with reverence, they should stay out of politics.