for giving an abortion to a 9 yr old girl pregnant with twins as a result of being raped by her stepfather. Church imposes no sanction on the rapist stepfather.

Catholic Church excommunicates mother and doctors of a nine-year-old rape victim that had abortion – but not accused rapist - World news, News - Belfasttelegraph.co.uk


This is the same organization that complains that paying for insurance which includes contraception violates their tender conscience.

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1977 300d 70k--sold 08
1985 300TD 185k+
1984 307d 126k--sold 8/03
1985 409d 65k--sold 06
1984 300SD 315k--daughter's car
1979 300SD 122k--sold 2/11
1999 Fuso FG Expedition Camper
1982 Bluebird Wanderlodge CAT 3208--Sold 2/13

Strange stuff. Fanatical adherence to a handful of words - this or that scripture. God gave us a brain.

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I saw a few die of hunger; of eating, a hundred thousand. - Ben Franklin

1981 300SD, 181K
1987 BMW 325i, 370K

Wow. The Vatican has lost its ever loving mind.

Not sure how much sympathy I have for any of them. The Pete believe in this garbage so this is what they get.

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1987 190E 2.3-16 187,XXX

1995 E300 Diesel 142,XXX

1991 Mitsubishi Eclipse GSX SOLD

1977 MB 240D Stolen (RIP)

With out god, life is everything.

Presupposing it ever had one.

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I never gave them that much credit.

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"The law, in its majestic equality, forbids the rich as well as the poor to sleep under bridges, to beg in the streets, and to steal bread."

Just when I thought it quit being fashionable to hate the the Catholic church.

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Nothing in this world can take the place of persistence. Talent will not; nothing is more common than unsuccessful people with talent. Genius will not; unrewarded genius is almost a proverb. Education will not; the world is full of educated derelicts. Persistence and determination alone are omnipotent. The slogan "press on" has solved and always will solve the problems of the human race.
Calvin Coolidge (1872 - 1933)

I feel bad for kids who don't have the opportunity to opt out.

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You don't need a weatherman to know which way the wind blows - Robert A. Zimmerman

????

it's a corrupt institution, which brainwashes and controls people.

hate? no. just pointing out the absurdity of the whole endeavor. "hating" the catholic church - to paraphrase Kurt Vonnegut - is like "hating" glaciers. (not gonna do much good)

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"The law, in its majestic equality, forbids the rich as well as the poor to sleep under bridges, to beg in the streets, and to steal bread."

. . . it manages to remind us why people hate it.

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1977 300d 70k--sold 08
1985 300TD 185k+
1984 307d 126k--sold 8/03
1985 409d 65k--sold 06
1984 300SD 315k--daughter's car
1979 300SD 122k--sold 2/11
1999 Fuso FG Expedition Camper
1982 Bluebird Wanderlodge CAT 3208--Sold 2/13

I never did.

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1977 240D 137k
1979 280E 87k
2012 Honda Odyssey EX-L 6k
2012 Nissan Altima 2.5S 20k

The Catholic Church is a strange cult. I vastly prefer my church where the wine and bread magically transmogrifies to the flesh and blood of my Savior (tm).

Not defending the Catholic Church, just find it funny when my devout friend blasts it as a cult.

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1985 CA 300D Turbo , 213K mi

The Vaticans flagrant disregard for childrens welfare and womens rights is disgusting and offensive. How does any institution look at a 9 yr old child and arrive at the conclusion that having twins is better than making sure a 9 yr old has a child hood?

If that does not prove that the Vatican is insane I do not know what would. The fact that people follow these lunatics is frightening.

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1987 190E 2.3-16 187,XXX

1995 E300 Diesel 142,XXX

1991 Mitsubishi Eclipse GSX SOLD

1977 MB 240D Stolen (RIP)

With out god, life is everything.

Two "wrongs" don't make a right? I think that's about their line of reasoning. If you think abortion is wrong in every case then it's wrong. You can't take a life just because you were wronged.

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You don't need a weatherman to know which way the wind blows - Robert A. Zimmerman

Another equally possible line of reasoning would be that males always get to reproduce if they choose to, even rapists, and women never should get the right to decide whether to reproduce or not.

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1977 300d 70k--sold 08
1985 300TD 185k+
1984 307d 126k--sold 8/03
1985 409d 65k--sold 06
1984 300SD 315k--daughter's car
1979 300SD 122k--sold 2/11
1999 Fuso FG Expedition Camper
1982 Bluebird Wanderlodge CAT 3208--Sold 2/13

we're talking about the rape of a nine year old girl. the church thinks she should be forced to live with the result of that for nine months? and maybe years after? pretty amazing, even for the church.

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"The law, in its majestic equality, forbids the rich as well as the poor to sleep under bridges, to beg in the streets, and to steal bread."