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In reply to the discussion: Collection Plates Empty As Backlash Builds Against NJ's 'Bishop Of Bling' [View all]cbayer
(146,218 posts)1. Good I would like to see him sent to the barest monastery they can find.
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Collection Plates Empty As Backlash Builds Against NJ's 'Bishop Of Bling' [View all]
DonViejo
Mar 2014
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I have, in the past, refused participation in the annual Archdiocesan Appeal, though
No Vested Interest
Mar 2014
#4
A very nice passage and one that even a non-believer like myself can be inspired by.
cbayer
Mar 2014
#9
I'm sure most priests dislike asking for money. - They entered the priesthood for spiritual-
No Vested Interest
Mar 2014
#11
Wow, would be nice if Catholics did the same when things like this happen.
Humanist_Activist
Mar 2014
#15
They do. Are you not aware of the data about american catholics and glbt rights?
cbayer
Mar 2014
#16
I'm aware of their opinions through polling data, I'm not aware of how many of them boycott...
Humanist_Activist
Mar 2014
#17
And, as pointed out even in this thread, you can direct your support to the causes
cbayer
Mar 2014
#18
Like the Catholic Charities example? A group that openly discriminates against LGBT people?
Humanist_Activist
Mar 2014
#20
There have been some issues around adoption and foster care, I am aware of that.
cbayer
Mar 2014
#21
What means? Materially supporting the Church, regardless of what it does? How does that...
Humanist_Activist
Mar 2014
#24
Don't misunderstand me, I don't give a fuck about some expansion of a greedy Bishops retirement...
Humanist_Activist
Mar 2014
#27
I'd be satisfied if they changed the catechism on homosexuality, or, at the very least...
Humanist_Activist
Mar 2014
#30
How can secular alternatives have a chance with the Church already there?
Humanist_Activist
Mar 2014
#34
You have to understand, to people like cbayer, religious beliefs are more important than civil...
Humanist_Activist
Mar 2014
#31
Retired nuns, like all members of religious orders, share in the funds of their religious
No Vested Interest
Mar 2014
#33