Posted on 02/21/2012 7:49:12 AM PST by Pyro7480
Chris Matthews appeared at Ford's Theater in Washington D.C., Monday, for a President's Day panel and sneered that Catholics are attracting bigots. While talking about Richard Nixon, the so-called Southern Strategy and racism, the Hardball host berated, "If you're really anti-gay, you become a Catholic now."
At a question and answer session after the event, I confronted him about the quote and asked him if he wished to "expand or apologize." He spat back, "I'm saying that some people who are bigoted against gay people have changed religions. Yes. You got it right." [MP3 audio here.]
Matthews added, "I think there are people who have chosen to convert to the Catholic faith because they don't like the liberal positions taken by their sectarian groups. That's a fact. So, you can write that down. No, you can write that down."
At the start of the exchange, I identified myself as with the Media Research Center. Matthews prompted me to explain what the organization does. I did and he visibly sighed and looked irritated.
The liberal Washington crowd repeatedly laughed at the mention of media bias....
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Say something about Muslims and Gays, Chrissy.
Please.
LOL!
“Matthews added, ‘I think there are people who have chosen to convert to the Catholic faith because they don’t like the liberal positions taken by their sectarian groups. That’s a fact. So, you can write that down. No, you can write that down.’ “
Out of curiosity, Tingles’ suspension begins when, exactly ?
“Matthews added, ‘I think there are people who have chosen to convert to the Catholic faith because they don’t like the liberal positions taken by their sectarian groups. That’s a fact. So, you can write that down. No, you can write that down.’ “
Out of curiosity, Tingles’ suspension begins when, exactly ?
Like the attack on Santy, his assertion is undoubtedly true, in some cases. The more general case, that people join because their denoms don’t uphold conservative values, is abundantly true in my case. But then I got Confirmed in the Catholic Community in the Montrose (St. Anne’s) - gayest Catholic church I’ve ever seen. So go figure.
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