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To Those in the Know
Oct. 4th, 2007 07:13 pmBloody Catholics. Moral high horses annoy me.
Burke, the archbishop of St. Louis, was asked if he would deny Communion to Rudy Giuliani or any other presidential candidate who supports abortion rights.
"If any politician approached me and he'd been admonished not to present himself, I'd not give it," Burke told The Associated Press Wednesday. "To me, you have to be certain a person realizes he is persisting in a serious public sin."
Asked if the same would apply to politicians who support the death penalty or pre-emptive war, he said, "It's a little more complicated in that case.
Apparently a woman's right to choose what she wants done to her body is worse than murder? And aren't there enough unwanted children in the world? Because...I was one? And it sucks.
Just so we're clear? Even when I was a monk, I wasn't this bloody stupid.
Burke, the archbishop of St. Louis, was asked if he would deny Communion to Rudy Giuliani or any other presidential candidate who supports abortion rights.
"If any politician approached me and he'd been admonished not to present himself, I'd not give it," Burke told The Associated Press Wednesday. "To me, you have to be certain a person realizes he is persisting in a serious public sin."
Asked if the same would apply to politicians who support the death penalty or pre-emptive war, he said, "It's a little more complicated in that case.
Apparently a woman's right to choose what she wants done to her body is worse than murder? And aren't there enough unwanted children in the world? Because...I was one? And it sucks.
Just so we're clear? Even when I was a monk, I wasn't this bloody stupid.
