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2013-11-27 Government

Obama's call to close Vatican embassy is 'slap in the face' to Roman Catholics

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Posted by Fred 2013-11-27 00:00|| || Front Page|| [1 views ] Top

#1 America is not a Christian nation.
-- BHO

Posted by Besoeker 2013-11-27 00:21|| 2013-11-27 00:21|| Front Page Top

#2 Considering his aberration of all religions except Islam, this is not really surprising.

Posted by DarthVader 2013-11-27 00:40|| 2013-11-27 00:40|| Front Page Top

#3 Pikers. No Sandra Fluke as Ambassador?

Posted by swksvolFF 2013-11-27 01:12|| 2013-11-27 01:12|| Front Page Top

#4 "a major listening post for the United States"

Umm you might want to rephrase that

Posted by European Conservative 2013-11-27 03:37|| 2013-11-27 03:37|| Front Page Top

#5 "And while U.S. officials are touting the relocation as a security measure that's a cautionary reaction to last year's attacks on America's facility in Benghazi,.."
WTF over - you got to be kidding me. I've been to both. Embassy Rome sits right on the flipping street and is MUCH more vulnerable than Embassy HS. Funny how they love us when they need us (security concerns "cough" bullshit "cough") but otherwise consider us second class citizens (at best) otherwise.

Posted by Bangkok Billy 2013-11-27 05:35|| 2013-11-27 05:35|| Front Page Top

#6 retribution for Catholic-run companies seeking Obamacare birth control exemptions

Posted by Frank G 2013-11-27 08:13|| 2013-11-27 08:13|| Front Page Top

#7 There is a joke from this weeks news 'a rabbi and a priest walk into the whitehouse....'

Posted by Airandee 2013-11-27 08:55|| 2013-11-27 08:55|| Front Page Top

#8 This is clear case of Chicago politics: use your power to punish those who oppose you. The US Catholic Church via several dioceses, and many of its organizations have been big legal challengers all over the country in fighting the Obamacre law, and may yet force its repeal - the whole law. No severability clause means if one piece goes, the whole thing goes.

This is straight up thuggery from the thug-in-chief.

Posted by OldSpook 2013-11-27 09:52|| 2013-11-27 09:52|| Front Page Top

#9 And he's really upset that he's been out-thugged by the Persians.

Posted by Bobby 2013-11-27 10:03|| 2013-11-27 10:03|| Front Page Top

#10 OldSpook, the lack of a severability clause is the main reason that the Supreme Court will never rule against ObamaCare. Roberts doesn't have the balls to throw out the entire law. The court will find some way to ignore the whole severability issue.

I really wonder what Obama has on Roberts to get him to declare the ACA mandate a tax.

Posted by Rambler in Virginia 2013-11-27 10:14|| 2013-11-27 10:14|| Front Page Top

#11 As a Catholic, I share the feelings about the embassy closing, and it's motivations, but let's not forget that Catholic clergy were big supporters of passing Obamacare.

Maybe they should have read the Book of Esther and paid attention to what happened to Haman.

Posted by charger 2013-11-27 11:48|| 2013-11-27 11:48|| Front Page Top

#12 Pope attacks 'tyranny' of markets in manifesto for papacy

Not certain I understand the Papal-Champ disconnect. They appear to be sipping from the same chalice. Wat am I missing ?

Posted by Besoeker 2013-11-27 11:57|| 2013-11-27 11:57|| Front Page Top

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