Wow

[Kato du Bois]

Ray Flynn is absolutely adored by some here, particularly in Southie and 
other Irish neighborhoods ... whose, incidentally, solid Catholicism leaves 
the greater Boston area with a considerable list of leftish politicians who 
paradoxically oppose abortion ... Ray Flynn being one of those, if I'm not 
mistaken.

K d B


>From: calbert at hslboxmaster.com
>
>How about this, in today's Boston Globe:
>
>"regarding Eileen McNamara's July 29 column, "Passing the buck":
>The way the Boston Globe constantly attacks the Catholic Church
>and Cardinal Bernard Law is an affront and outrage to all fair
>minded people.
>
>To blame the entire church, its compassionate leaders and sincere
>clergy for the despicable behavior of a few, is like blaming the
>people of the United States for the conduct of Timothy McViegh.
>
>I hope you will try to change the Globe's longstanding reputation of
>attacking a church and a religion that has contributed so much in
>hleping to build this city.
>
>A great city like Boston deserves at least a fair newspaper.
>
>Ray Flynn, South Boston
>
>THe writer, formerly mayor of Boston, also served as US
>ambassador to the Vatican under President Clinton."
>
>the occasion of Mr Flynn's pique was the response to the recent
>revelation that Law was informed of the charges of sexual abuse
>lodged against a priest who, when subsequently assigned by Law
>to another parish, simply increased the frequency of his
>predations...
>
>
>love,
>cfa
> > It's hard to know whether Matt C. Abbott of Chicago has his
> > tongue in cheek when he writes to the NY Times today. The text of his
> > letter, in full:
> >
> > >I am relieved that the House of Representatives has voted to ban
> > >>human cloning (front page, Aug. 1), because human cloning — like
> > >>abortion, contraception, pornography, in vitro fertilization and
> > >>euthanasia — is intrinsically evil and thus should never be
> > >>allowed.
> >
> > I suppose probably not, sigh.


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