Gaylor celebrating the winter solstice with Isaac Asimov, 1985
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| "Half Staff for Pope" Attacked |
| 2005-04-06 |
| A Madison secular organization is protesting Gov. Jim Doyle's order to fly flags at half-staff at public buildings all week to remember Pope John Paul II. The gesture "appears like an endorsement of Roman Catholicism over other religious viewpoints," said Annie Laurie Gaylor, co-president of the Freedom From Religion Foundation. Gaylor said her organization would have looked the other way if the order had been for just Friday - the day of the pope's funeral - instead of all week. We were snarking about this happening in France the other day. Gaylor doesn't miss a chance for free publicity either... |
| Posted by:James |
| #15 There will be a quiz on Friday and a higher accounting later for the "lady" |
| Posted by: Frank G 2005-04-06 10:00:40 PM |
| #14 Liberalhawk's got it right. Pope John Paul II was the head of state of the Vatican. He also played a major part in freeing millions from a tyrannical dictatorship. Put those two things together and you have heroic head of state. As a sign of respect, President Bush ordered flags to fly at half staff. Good reason to do so. So Gaylor can FOAD and go home and think of ways she could do 0.01% of the good that this holy man has done for his fellow human beings. There will be a quiz on Friday. |
| Posted by: Alaska Paul 2005-04-06 9:50:15 PM |
| #13 I see Jack Chick's illiterate younger brother decided to stop in. |
| Posted by: Pappy 2005-04-06 9:33:53 PM |
| #12 Wow - 2 incoherent comments? nice job TH. You see any shortage of Catholics in the armed forces, asshole? If we lowered the flag for every soldier who, God love em, gave their lives, then why do we have the graveside services and rituals to honor them for their sacrifice and service. Nice job, jerk. I think they would prefer the personal honor |
| Posted by: Frank G 2005-04-06 8:54:23 PM |
| #11 the lord that is |
| Posted by: Thraing Hupoluper1864 2005-04-06 8:17:25 PM |
| #10 why not fly the flag at half staff for our soldiers who die instead kof the pope? Seems too me all you catholics worship rather than the lord anyway, isn't that blasphemy or something? |
| Posted by: Thraing Hupoluper1864 2005-04-06 8:16:53 PM |
| #9 Flags at half staff and televised praying... This week can't get any worse for her I'll bet. She will need to fast in her pyramid and pray to Sol. wait, they can't "pray". How do they comunicate with the pagan idols? |
| Posted by: Capsu78 2005-04-06 6:28:09 PM |
| #8 What BS. Pope John Paul II was an international actor for good. Flying the flag at half staff is fine. Flay the bitch. |
| Posted by: Sock Puppet 0’ Doom 2005-04-06 2:42:05 PM |
| #7 Hey, I have an autographed copy of the "Foundation" trilogy - think she'd want to buy it? |
| Posted by: mojo 2005-04-06 2:40:26 PM |
| #6 the Gov should leave it for another week just to tweak these pretensious assholes |
| Posted by: Frank G 2005-04-06 2:35:47 PM |
| #5 IIUC half mast is justified for the Pope in his role as head of state of Vatican City State. |
| Posted by: Liberalhawk 2005-04-06 2:21:07 PM |
| #4 A Madison secular organization is protesting Gov. Jim Doyle’s order to fly flags at half-staff at public buildings all week to remember Pope John Paul II. Protest to your heart's delight. You'll have to excuse people though, for ignoring you. |
| Posted by: Bomb-a-rama 2005-04-06 2:20:32 PM |
| #3 Annie Laurie Gaylor, co-president of the Freedom From Religion Foundation? Why... no, I've never heard of you. Sorry. |
| Posted by: tu3031 2005-04-06 2:18:08 PM |
| #2 Gaylor said her organization would have looked the other way if the order had been for just Friday - the day of the pope’s funeral - instead of all week. Anyone else's BS detector redlining? They'd bitch if the flag was flown at half staff for a second. |
| Posted by: Raj 2005-04-06 2:07:00 PM |
| #1 Gaylor celebrating the winter solstice with Isaac Asimov, 1985 |
| Posted by: BigEd 2005-04-06 1:23:01 PM |