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Catholics for Choice
Thursday, August 7th, 2008 at 1:13 pm
With such a deluge of stupidity and hate coming from fundamentalist groups and religious zealots, it’s easy to get caught up in all that and begin to generalize. I just listened to a wonderful interview on Free Thought Radio with Jon O’Brien, president of Catholics for Choice, concerning Bill Donohue and his reactionary group The Catholic League.
It was particularly insightful because O’Brien was very progressive and tremedously logical, reasonable, and smart. His stance on religion and the protection of secular society was refreshing and thoughtful, and it reminded me that not all religious people are insane or stupid. I’ve been so innundated with the barrage of fundamentalist idiocy that rules the airwaves and drives …read more »
