{"id":8496,"date":"2003-01-04T19:00:00","date_gmt":"2003-01-05T00:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/localhost:8888\/1969\/12\/31\/anti-catholicism-on-parade\/"},"modified":"2003-01-04T19:00:00","modified_gmt":"2003-01-05T00:00:00","slug":"anti-catholicism-on-parade","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.splendoroftruth.com\/curtjester\/2003\/01\/anti-catholicism-on-parade\/","title":{"rendered":"Anti-Catholicism on parade"},"content":{"rendered":"

(AP) (PHILADELPHIA) The archbishop of Philadelphia said
\nFriday that a satirical sketch mocking sexually abusive priests, scheduled to be
\nperformed in the city’s annual Mummers Parade, is an “attack on the Catholic
\nfaith.” <\/font><\/p>\n

The sketch, put on by the Slick Duck Comic Brigade, will
\nadmittedly stretch the bounds of good taste, with priests being chased by police
\nofficers and nuns in a go-go cage.<\/font><\/p>\n

Cardinal Anthony Bevilacqua, in a one-page statement,
\ncalled on Catholics to “express their displeasure” with the skit, which is to be
\nperformed Saturday after rain delayed the traditional New Year’s Day parade.
\n<\/font><\/p>\n

“This group plans to do an insensitive and tasteless skit
\nwhich can only be extremely painful for any victim who has experienced any type
\nof abuse. I am horrified that any person or group can be so callous,” Bevilacqua
\nsaid. <\/font><\/p>\n

“At the same time, I express outrage over the demeaning
\ncaricature of our Holy Father, bishops, priests and religious women. While such
\nmean-spirited mockery may be protected as free speech, it is still hateful
\nspeech and as such has no place in a city parade.” <\/font><\/p>\n

…”That is the whole point of the comics. It is political
\nsatire,” said Eddie Hall, a Mummer and longtime comic who supervises the parade
\ndivision that includes the Slick Ducks. “This is a group of people who are
\nreally ticked off about the scandal, and they want to make that known.”<\/font>
\n
[Full Story<\/a>]<\/p>\n

In this tolerance-charged politically correct society anti-Catholicism
\nremains the protected bigotry of choice. If they had a bunch of suicide bombers
\nbeing chased by police officers with women in burkas in go-go cages, I don’t
\nthink this would have been accepted. Exactly how does nuns in go-go cages
\nreflect that people are ticked off about the scandal? If people want to engage
\nin mockery of the church, fine; just don’t have the city endorsing it. I don’t
\nthink we are going to hear form the People for the Separation of Church and
\nState on this one.<\/p>\n


Update<\/font>: Mummers Club
\nDrops Church Parody<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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