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Old 05-09-2008, 03:03 PM
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Post Re: The All-White Elephant in the Room

In reading through all these grand standards, I can't help but wonder how evenly they are ACTUALLY applied.

For years upon years, the public realized that some Catholic priests were molesting children, and others were using CHURCH MONEY to cover it up.

By the standards applied here to Obama and "Wright", shouldn't we also be holding the feet of Catholics to the fire?
People who donated money into the coffers that ended up paying BILLIONS in settlements and hush money, aiding and abetting child molesting criminals by shipping them off to a new parish with fresh victims?
(And how many priests were actually convicted for aiding and abetting child molestors?)

And how much discussion did it take for the Catholic church to get some standard on child molesting priests in the ranks of the clergy?
The decisions on what to do with gays came quicker and more easily, which should scare people.

Me personally? I find a lot of the attempts to place responsibility to Obama for "Rev Wright" as malarkey.
Likewise for Catholics.

But for those who DO try to blame Obama for Wright, shouldn't the same standard hold true for an issue that lasted longer, was more pervasive, and involved oh $$$$oooo much money donated to the cause?
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