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• Landmark Catholic priest abuse trial begins in Philadelphia

  Mon Mar 26, 2012
  • Rnr, Snakes don't talk? You've never been in a courtroom, have you? There are snakes in there talking every day. Oh, and the fruit was forbidden, not magical.

• I would have done the same to a drunk, says priest who denied Communion to lesbian

  Fri Mar 16, 2012
  • Steve, many people are insinuating that most, if not all, priests are bad. While I disagree that the church has a problem with hate and bigotry, I agree that they have a perception problem. Their detractors, many of whom know very little about the church, are framing the debate about them.

• I would have done the same to a drunk, says priest who denied Communion to lesbian

  Fri Mar 16, 2012
  • Ruken, maybe I need to clarify: I was refuting Christine's seeming assertion that the Church doesn't have the right to make rules concerning communion. When I said "I don't agree with this particular priest's action", I meant that I don't think he acted correctly according to those rules.

• I would have done the same to a drunk, says priest who denied Communion to lesbian

  Fri Mar 16, 2012
  • Actually, the church's position in this case is that the priest was wrong, but don't let facts get in the way of your rant.

• I would have done the same to a drunk, says priest who denied Communion to lesbian

  Fri Mar 16, 2012
  • MacMantoo, that is just not true. This particular priest is misguided, and, to be sure, there are others like him, but the vast majority of priests give communion to known gays and lesbians every week.

• I would have done the same to a drunk, says priest who denied Communion to lesbian

  Fri Mar 16, 2012
  • Christine, although I don't agree with this particular priest's action, receiving Communion is NOT a right of any individual. There are rules created by the church that must be followed, and that IS the right of the church.

• Here's where the gap is widest between rich, poor

  Fri Mar 9, 2012
  • There are poor everywhere. If you want to live where it's a narrow gap, go where rich people don't want to live-where it's cold or thedeser

• Sun erupts with biggest radiation storm in seven years

  Mon Jan 23, 2012
  • Anna, congratulations for you. However, I'm an older guy who was much, much better off during the first 8 years of this century than now.

• Jobless seek help fighting hiring discrimination

  Sun Oct 9, 2011
  • The only thing the law would do is to make the companies come up with a different reason for not hiring a certain person.  Big deal.

• Poll: Young people see online slurs as just joking

  Tue Sep 20, 2011
  • I'm not sure, but I think it was Cicero, over 2000 years ago, who said something to that same effect. And, each generation has said it about the next ever since.