Posted on 05/01/2007 4:04:10 AM PDT by show me state
Sen. Claire McCaskill, who had been invited to speak at her daughter's Catholic high school commencement, was told last week that she was no longer invited because of church policy rejecting her positions on abortion and embryonic stem cell research.
McCaskill had been chosen to speak at the graduation this month at St. Joseph's Academy in Frontenac.
Sue Brown, a spokeswoman for the Catholic Education Office of the Archdiocese of St. Louis, said the education office had recommended to the president of St. Joseph's Academy that McCaskill not be permitted to speak because McCaskill's positions are contradictory to church teaching.
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People have gotten used to this stuff. We will see how he implements the “reform of the reform” of the liturgy.
Not only that but that is the wealthiest area of St Louis and I am sure that school is very expensive
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