tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8568419039847692717.post9045563843741384320..comments2024-03-25T10:44:07.766-04:00Comments on LES FEMMES - THE TRUTH: Why Are Catholics in Rhapsody over the Royal Wedding?Mary Ann Kreitzerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18245237845099708478noreply@blogger.comBlogger26125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8568419039847692717.post-2945252390158130852018-05-29T09:44:34.197-04:002018-05-29T09:44:34.197-04:00Who's predicted future events?
And who ever ...Who's predicted future events? <br /><br />And who ever said that Trump has no flaws or Melania for that matter? <br /><br />I find your comments baffling and, frankly, somewhat ridiculous. <br /><br />So go haunt another blog because I've decided your statement that we're demanding you be silent to be appealing, so I'm not posting any more of your comments. You can go exercise Mary Ann Kreitzerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18245237845099708478noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8568419039847692717.post-12391211915106874982018-05-29T09:33:30.611-04:002018-05-29T09:33:30.611-04:00Mary Ann Kreitzer said...
It is not a relativist p...<i>Mary Ann Kreitzer said...<br />It is not a relativist position to choose and vote for a candidate from a field where all are flawed. </i><br /><br />No, it is not. What is relativist and a political calculation is once you have chosen a flawed candidate to refuse to acknowledge his flaws and demand others remain silent as well. Especially when his flaws go to the core of Catholic teaching. Kurthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11405900624990999433noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8568419039847692717.post-29403518985406142492018-05-28T13:15:03.775-04:002018-05-28T13:15:03.775-04:00One more comment...It isn't as if there was ne...One more comment...It isn't as if there was never interest in Donald Trump as a Republican candidate. Way back when, Ronald Reagan asked Donald Trump to run as a Republican candidate for the Presidency. However at the time, Trump was getting a divorce from Ivanna. Ivanna had just published a book on how terrible Trump was (her emotions speaking) and Trump, in his wisdom, told President ReaganSusan Matthiesenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03507964871759902557noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8568419039847692717.post-4003230459150724802018-05-28T12:37:43.883-04:002018-05-28T12:37:43.883-04:00Kurt is an iron rod, the rigid type Catholic that ...Kurt is an iron rod, the rigid type Catholic that Pope Francis talks about. There is only the law for him. The Lord will judge Kurt as Kurt judges others. For Kurt's sake, let's hope he is perfect.Susan Matthiesenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03507964871759902557noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8568419039847692717.post-41438286406564396662018-05-28T09:57:28.233-04:002018-05-28T09:57:28.233-04:00Well, Kurt, you seem to be prone to severe rash ju...Well, Kurt, you seem to be prone to severe rash judgment. It is not a relativist position to choose and vote for a candidate from a field where all are flawed. Of course, one can write in Mickey Mouse or G. K. Chesterton (as one member of the Chesterton Society advocated last election cycle). That just seems stupid to me. I always vote for the candidate who I think will do the most good or the Mary Ann Kreitzerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18245237845099708478noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8568419039847692717.post-1983237107499106402018-05-28T07:18:55.677-04:002018-05-28T07:18:55.677-04:00I don't need them to grovel but trump and wife...I don't need them to grovel but trump and wife don't seem repentant about their past lives, leading me to assume they could revert to type just as easily. Most of his accomplishments have been on paper or hot air. Even Judge Neil "Scalia - walking around person's" Gorsuch.<br />Alan Keyes, while not perfect, is a lot more impeccable ( and thus less vulnerable to feminist rohrbachshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04722943198206882445noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8568419039847692717.post-61844288045088089882018-05-27T22:37:27.129-04:002018-05-27T22:37:27.129-04:00My faith is not compromised by a political calcula...My faith is not compromised by a political calculation. Whomever I vote for, I witness Catholic truth without reservation. Are you saying we make some political calculation and then stay silent or deny Catholic truth? You seem to be a real liberal relativist. Kurthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11405900624990999433noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8568419039847692717.post-24071203824817245122018-05-27T21:49:35.009-04:002018-05-27T21:49:35.009-04:00"God first, politics second."
I agree, ..."God first, politics second."<br /><br />I agree, Kurt. Does that mean you never vote because none of the politicians are perfect?Mary Ann Kreitzerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18245237845099708478noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8568419039847692717.post-22182232472549151562018-05-27T16:57:22.445-04:002018-05-27T16:57:22.445-04:00I believe in the Church's teaching on marriage...I believe in the Church's teaching on marriage. And I don't change my view to please a favored politician. Therefore I cannot refer to her as "First Lady." At best, she might be his Third Lady, if you count Stormy as the Fourth. <br /><br />You are like the liberals who defend Obama because the abortion rate went down in his presidency, saying that results matter more than Kurthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11405900624990999433noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8568419039847692717.post-1017136394975446302018-05-27T10:42:53.977-04:002018-05-27T10:42:53.977-04:00Kurt, this is a little disingenuous. How has anyon...Kurt, this is a little disingenuous. How has anyone "forced" you, (presumably a "real" Catholics as opposed to those you think are "fake" Catholics) to say or not say anything? Have any of your comments been deleted or not published? <br /><br />We can have an argument in the Socratic sense or engage in a litany of ad hominems. I'm about to close comments if the Mary Ann Kreitzerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18245237845099708478noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8568419039847692717.post-77908449184099043652018-05-27T10:20:16.386-04:002018-05-27T10:20:16.386-04:00The first stone was cast by Mary Ann Kreitzer is t...The first stone was cast by Mary Ann Kreitzer is the OP, if that is your test.<br /><br />Forcing Catholics (real ones, not fake ones) to call someone the wife of the President when she is not is a violation of our religious freedom to define marriage according to the Church. Instead you claim Catholic religious freedom is politically incorrect and Catholics should just keep quite about true Kurthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11405900624990999433noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8568419039847692717.post-84992717353392577322018-05-27T10:02:05.204-04:002018-05-27T10:02:05.204-04:00Kurt et al, circle around Melania. Kurt, you cast ...Kurt et al, circle around Melania. Kurt, you cast the first stone.<br /><br />Susan Matthiesenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03507964871759902557noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8568419039847692717.post-52325344299007488222018-05-27T08:29:18.497-04:002018-05-27T08:29:18.497-04:00Can we all take a deep breath here.
Kurt has mad...Can we all take a deep breath here. <br /><br />Kurt has made a legitimate point -- i.e., that Melania is NOT the legitimate wife of Donald Trump according to God's law. Neither is Meghan the legitimate wife of Prince Harry. They are both, like the woman at the well.<br /><br />Rohrbach, your use of the word "shamed" is like a neon sign of political correctness. No one has given Mary Ann Kreitzerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18245237845099708478noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8568419039847692717.post-18707784868087949522018-05-26T23:59:04.751-04:002018-05-26T23:59:04.751-04:00I don't know about the rest of any of you read...I don't know about the rest of any of you reading this, but I for one am GLAD THAT KURT IS NOT GOD and I'm sure Melania would be worried about that possibility..<br /><br />We'd all be cast into hell with one glance of Kurt's glaring, fault-finding eyes looking for every little thing we do wrong, anything not in compliance with every canon law and every paragraph of the Catechism,Susan Matthiesenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03507964871759902557noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8568419039847692717.post-35731103773108753922018-05-26T22:57:56.777-04:002018-05-26T22:57:56.777-04:00I don't get it. Meghan is shamed for the same ...I don't get it. Meghan is shamed for the same thing as Melanie gets a pass on. I guys I'm a wet blanket too.rohrbachshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04722943198206882445noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8568419039847692717.post-26318926041793804882018-05-26T17:10:44.088-04:002018-05-26T17:10:44.088-04:00Kurt, the term "First Lady" means that s...<i>Kurt, the term "First Lady" means that she is wife of the President </i><br /><br /><br />She is not his wife according to the Catholic faith (if that means anything to you). Certainly she and Stormy both have a certainly relationship with him. But just as Catholics have religious freedom not to recognize gay marriages, they have the same freedom (and obligation) not to recognize Kurthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11405900624990999433noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8568419039847692717.post-42098879296188147402018-05-26T13:44:05.310-04:002018-05-26T13:44:05.310-04:00Kurt, go soak your head. You need to cool off. Kurt, go soak your head. You need to cool off. wifehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16962999368403702538noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8568419039847692717.post-69279840173378535402018-05-26T13:33:45.807-04:002018-05-26T13:33:45.807-04:00Well, our own diocesan newspaper, the Arlington Ca...Well, our own diocesan newspaper, the Arlington Catholic Herald, had nothing to say against the wedding and its reporting. But, who would listen to the Herald for truth? Certainly not me. Mary FranSteve Cherryhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08886271078165417069noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8568419039847692717.post-1059823397865396242018-05-26T09:29:59.483-04:002018-05-26T09:29:59.483-04:00It's Catholics like Kurt who force me to side ...It's Catholics like Kurt who force me to side with Pope Francis about "rigid Catholics". Through Kurt's words I clearly see what Francis says and am on his (Francis) side on this.<br /><br />Kurt's rigidity leaves no room for conversion of another for the other person must be perfect, as Christ is perfect and like Kurt must be perfect. There is no shred of goodness in the Susan Matthiesenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03507964871759902557noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8568419039847692717.post-32843026838887074172018-05-26T07:31:49.290-04:002018-05-26T07:31:49.290-04:00I'm not sure what you are saying, Kurt? Is it ...I'm not sure what you are saying, Kurt? Is it okay for Catholics to "accept" a rapist and sexual predator like Bill Clinton with his foul-mouthed wife as "first lady" because they've remained married (apparently for politics)? <br /><br />As a Catholic, I believe in redemption. Donald and Melania are not in the queue for canonization that's for sure. Like all of usMary Ann Kreitzerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18245237845099708478noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8568419039847692717.post-49325453432177516852018-05-25T22:16:14.344-04:002018-05-25T22:16:14.344-04:00Meghan was baptized in a private ceremony in the r...Meghan was baptized in a private ceremony in the royal chapel in St James Palace in London a week before she married Harry.<br /><br />Kurt, the term "First Lady" means that she is wife of the President or Head of state. It has nothing to do with whether the First Lady is the man's first wife or 5th. Personally, I think Melania is a fantastic First Lady.<br /><br />One flaw of the Susan Matthiesenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03507964871759902557noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8568419039847692717.post-25989539584438606262018-05-25T21:09:07.314-04:002018-05-25T21:09:07.314-04:00Oh, it is "dignified and ladylike" to be...Oh, it is "dignified and ladylike" to be the hussy for a trice "married" man? She is a presidential concubine no different than her competitor Stormy Daniels. No Catholic can accept this. We certainly do live in sad times for marriage when Melania/Melandie pretends to be his "First". Not even close. Kurthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11405900624990999433noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8568419039847692717.post-55141227057886070172018-05-25T21:03:07.352-04:002018-05-25T21:03:07.352-04:00A agree, min-bee, she does look a little like Wall...A agree, min-bee, she does look a little like Wallis Simpson. <br /><br />Kurt, don't you think "first lady" is a political term? There are a number of women who served as "surrogate first lady" for a president.<br /><br />http://www.firstladies.org/blog/first-ladies-never-married-to-presidents-the-other-women-of-the-white-house/<br /><br />As for Melania Trump, whatever Mary Ann Kreitzerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18245237845099708478noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8568419039847692717.post-87698845601150935182018-05-25T11:21:23.720-04:002018-05-25T11:21:23.720-04:00Charles A. Coulombe, an American writing in the &q...Charles A. Coulombe, an American writing in the "Catholic Herald," http://catholicherald.co.uk/issues/january-19th-2018/the-unorthodox-nuns-who-taught-meghan-markle/, claims that Markle was not baptized when she married her first husband, so she qualifies for the Pauline Privilege and can validly marry Harry. This is a load of bull, as the Pauline Privilege allows the baptized spouse wifehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16962999368403702538noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8568419039847692717.post-22287469138445032882018-05-25T10:25:15.590-04:002018-05-25T10:25:15.590-04:00I did not "watch" the wedding, but like ...I did not "watch" the wedding, but like most I saw more than enough of it on the news replays. <br /><br />I have 3 comments about it. <br />1. From a purely romantic perspective, a wedding reminds us of the right ordered relationship between A man and A woman for the benefit of creating a new family. This particular wedding reminds us how much people still long for what or what is Chriss Raineyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10832684312383981553noreply@blogger.com