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   Ottodesu said, 2 months ago

   If you don’t like it, go elsewhere. It’s not a democracy.
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   Ms. Ima said, 2 months ago

   The pope isn’t a liberal. Why is that such a shock to liberals?
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   Tigger said, 2 months ago

   Liberals finally see the light
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   Clark Kent said, 2 months ago

   All religion/superstition is a cruel hoax.
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   ivison.bedard said, 2 months ago

   @Ms. Ima

   Because liberals are cool and intellectual in there ignorance….doesn’t everyone want to be cool and intellectual???
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   Bruce4671 said, 2 months ago

   Gee, who really cares? In my opinion, religion is a huge waste of time and money. But that’s just me. I’m one guy out of hundreds of millions of citizens in this country. Many people find support, comfort, companionship, purpose and hope within the confines of a religious life. Good for them. It’s a freedom designed into our constitution. The government has no authority over which “faith” you choose to follow or if you follow one at all. Our laws are based on religious principles (yeah I know you guys will deny that with great vigor but it is true). So who are we as a nation? Some info pulled from a recently published study (3/16/13).
   
   http://religions.pewforum.org/reports
   
   78.4% of the poll respondents claimed to be “Christian” and 23.9% of those declared themselves to be “Catholic”. Meanwhile, Atheists – who are making themselves the biggest pain in the rear ever – make up just 1.6%.
   
   So if those numbers held true for the entire population (35K+ sample of adults 18 and older was used) then
   (I’m using 312 million as the total the last count I can find is mid 2011 at 311.8 million souls) there are 244.6 million Christians in the USA, 58.4 million of which are catholic.
   
   Atheists? Just a tad less than 5 million.
   
   Religion is “big business” in the USA. Make me think of a founder quote (LOL) but one quite apropos ….
   
   . It does not require a majority to prevail, but rather an irate, tireless minority keen to set brush fires in people’s minds. – Samuel Adams
   
   So big shock. The “pope is catholic”. His opinion will guide “The Church” for the next few years. Hopefully he is humble and recognizes that his view – while consider by the uber faithful to be the word of god – is not a command but a suggestion as to life choices.
   
   And the next time there is a dust up in the middle of some small town over a cross in the public square or the ten commandments on the courthouse wall, keep in mind that this is a land where the majority have decided to erect those symbols, that all “government land” belongs to the people – not the city council or the county commissioners or event he federal government – all of which are forbidden by law to establish any rules concerning religious practice “by the people”. Duly elected officials are supposed to reflect the will of the entire community, not a very small minority of that community.
   
   Hope and change, where is it when you need it.
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   Mighty Mouse said, 2 months ago

   @Bruce4671

   Dude, well said.
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   Peabody-Martini said, 2 months ago

   @Bruce4671

   The purpose of the US Constitution is to protect the rights of the minority. Sorry that’s a difficult thing for some to grasp.
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   Mhic Dhu Ghaill said, 2 months ago

   Laugh out loud, I just looked at Lesters bio fo the first time !!
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    Colonel Claus said, 2 months ago

    @Peabody-Martini

    Its also there to protect the majority from a whining minority. You don’t like the Cross on the Courthouse lawn? Dont go look at it.
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    TheTrustedMechanic said, 2 months ago

    @Peabody-Martini

    What is so hard to understand about majority rules? Are we all of a sudden to understand that the whims of the vocal few override the will of the many? Yes the Constitution intended to protect the rights of the few against the whims of the many, but it was not intended to allow the reverse either.
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    TheTrustedMechanic said, 2 months ago

    Ottodesu had it right, no one in the developed modern world forces anyone to be a member of the Catholic Church. Heck my wife can’t even force me. So if you don’t like the way the Catholic church does business within it’s own organization, then go find another religion/lack there of. Get over it, everybody including the unimaginative cartoonists.
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    On a a similar but different note how did this become a political issue where throwing partisan epithets was acceptable? Oh, wait, I see. Its the usual pay-per-troll haters. Flag them, maybe the mods will eventually understand we expect decency and tolerance not to mention on topic relevance. Political comments not to mention political intolerance have no place where the toon had no political tone.
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    TheTrustedMechanic said, 2 months ago

    @ivison.bedard

    You want to talk about ignorance? Try understanding what a homonym is. Liberals are cool and intellectual in their tolerance of idiots and ignorance in comments like you and yours. There is plenty to complain about regarding liberal ideology as well as with the conservative ideology, neither side scores any points for intelligence or intellectualism when they’re making things up like you did. I am sorry that your hatred knows no bounds and therefore blinds you to at least rational comments.
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    Uncle Joe said, 2 months ago

    @Colonel Claus

    " You don’t like the Cross on the Courthouse lawn? Dont go look at it."
    
    The trouble is that the folks who put the cross on public land are often not willing to have symbols of other religions next to theirs. Government can’t support one religion over another.
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    Uncle Joe said, 2 months ago

    Francis looks like another “caretaker Pope”, who will make no major changes in the Church. His “humble” persona will come under increasing scrutiny. There are serious questions about his actions (and inaction) during the “dirty war” in Argentina. I also can’t imagine Argentina did not have any pedophile priests during the last 40 years.
    
    I have to wonder if the Church has realized their future is in the Southern hemisphere, not North America or Europe…
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