...at least some of them have their bead on Joey Slinger.....don't start talking about taxing churches...
www.lifesite.net/ldn/2005...01107.html
....The Toronto Star, the largest circulation paper in Canada, has printed a columnwhich is being regarded by some Catholics as a clear case of inciting hatredtowards the Catholic Church. Celebrated Star columnist Joey Slinger's column entitled "With this Vatican, all's fair in faith and war" appears in the 'news' section of today's paper on page A2. The Star, often referred to as the Red Star by critics, has a long history ofbias in its reporting ofstories related to traditional morality and any institutions supporting that morality.
In the column, Slinger takes issue with the Pope and Bishops of the Catholic Church who are considering refusal of communion for those Catholics who obstinately persist in grave public sin, such as pro-abortion and pro-same-sex 'marriage' politicians. "So the Pope is thinking about excommunicating our Prime Minister, is he? In the religion game, that's called hardball," writes Slinger.
Slinger continues, "So if the Pope wants to play hardball, fine. We can play hardball too. How about he can excommunicate our Prime Minister and we can get rid of the tax exemption on Catholic Church property? What a windfall that would be. Millions. Millions upon millions. Mega-millions if we make it retroactive . . . They'd have to start selling their real estate. Failing that, we'd have to seize it and auction it off. It's happened before. It was a fairly popular medieval screw-you gesture."
Thebelligerent anti-Catholicism in the article hasdeeply offended Catholics.
www.lifesite.net/ldn/2005...01107.html
....The Toronto Star, the largest circulation paper in Canada, has printed a columnwhich is being regarded by some Catholics as a clear case of inciting hatredtowards the Catholic Church. Celebrated Star columnist Joey Slinger's column entitled "With this Vatican, all's fair in faith and war" appears in the 'news' section of today's paper on page A2. The Star, often referred to as the Red Star by critics, has a long history ofbias in its reporting ofstories related to traditional morality and any institutions supporting that morality.
In the column, Slinger takes issue with the Pope and Bishops of the Catholic Church who are considering refusal of communion for those Catholics who obstinately persist in grave public sin, such as pro-abortion and pro-same-sex 'marriage' politicians. "So the Pope is thinking about excommunicating our Prime Minister, is he? In the religion game, that's called hardball," writes Slinger.
Slinger continues, "So if the Pope wants to play hardball, fine. We can play hardball too. How about he can excommunicate our Prime Minister and we can get rid of the tax exemption on Catholic Church property? What a windfall that would be. Millions. Millions upon millions. Mega-millions if we make it retroactive . . . They'd have to start selling their real estate. Failing that, we'd have to seize it and auction it off. It's happened before. It was a fairly popular medieval screw-you gesture."
Thebelligerent anti-Catholicism in the article hasdeeply offended Catholics.
