Pope's Dilemma

Maureen Dowd has a great Op-ed in the New York Times "Worlds without women".

She points out that we rush to judge women's right in countries like Saudi Arabia but things are not much different in the Catholic Church. It is a very revealing article about what is wrong with the Catholic Church and what made it go so wrong. By now we all know that Pope Benedict XVI himself is under the spotlight and it does not look good for him. Maureen Dowd provides some additional insight. I should point out that Dowd herself is Catholic. You can read her op-ed here.

You may also consider watching this video, "The Passionate Eye" documentary on CBC.

Everyday it seems to be going from bad to worse for the Catholic Church as more revelations come to light.

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Joe Wilson: Maureen Dowd’s column in New York Times

In her most recent column Maureen Dowd did an excellent job of calling out Joe Wilson's impulsive behaviour during the joint session when he yelled "you lie" during Obama's speech. She exposed the likes of Joe Wilson - as well as birthers, deathers, etc. - as racists, as people who cannot accept that an African-American is President of the United States.

She explains it very well in the following quote:

"I've been loath to admit that the shrieking lunacy of the summer - the frantic efforts to paint our first black president as the Other, a foreigner, socialist, fascist, Marxist, racist, Commie, Nazi; a cad who would snuff old people; a snake who would indoctrinate kids - had much to do with race."

It's great that these rightwing nuts are getting exposed for what they truly are, racists (of course not all conservatives are racists, but many racists do infect their movement). George W. Bush and Bill Clinton faced their share of opposition, but never the vitriol that Obama is facing, for instance no one ever questioned Clinton's or Bush's nationality... but then they were not black, and their middle name was not Hussein.

Click here to read the column.

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