Obama shutdown of Catholic Mass sparks reaction

[Jeff]

Yes I said the night he was reelected that would be the end of the white christian male and no it wasn't but Obama is sure pushing for it .





In what has been described as “an astonishing attack on religious freedom,” Catholics at a Navy base were banned from attending worship services because of the partial shutdown of the federal government.
In response, the Thomas More Law Center (http://www.thomasmore.org) announced it has filed a lawsuit over the orders at Kings Bay Naval Submarine Base in Georgia.


The legal team said a Catholic priest who serves the community on the military base “has been prohibited from even volunteering to celebrate Holy Mass without pay and was told that if he violated that order, he could be subject to arrest.”
Without explanation, however, Protestant services continued.
“This is an astonishing attack on religious freedom by the federal government and the latest affront toward the military since the beginning of the shutdown,” said a report by the Thomas More Law Center.



http://www.wnd.com/2013/10/obama-shutdown-of-catholic-mass-sparks-reaction/

[glockmail]

The priest needs to man-up and then some poor bloke arrest him, then take the case to court.

[Kathianne]

I've been running across this story on the web for days, first time I've seen Thomas More Law Center mentioned. So, it is true:

http://www.thomasmore.org/news/government-shuts-down-catholic-services-navy-base-church-locked-priest-threatened-arrest-tmlc-f



Government Shuts down Catholic Services on Navy Base; Church locked; Priest threatened with arrest; TMLC Files Federal Lawsuit
In the wake of the government shutdown, despite provisions in the Pay Our Military Act, Catholics at Kings Bay Naval Submarine Base in Georgia are being denied religious services. The Catholic priest who serves this community has been prohibited from even volunteering to celebrate Holy Mass without pay, and was told that if he violated that order, he could be subject to arrest. Protestant services continue to take place. Only Catholic services have been shutdown.



This is an astonishing attack on religious freedom by the federal government, and the latest affront towards the military since the beginning of the shutdown.



As a result, the Thomas More Law Center (TMLC), a national public interest law firm based in Ann Arbor, MI, today, filed a federal lawsuit in the United States District Court for the District of Columbia.



The lawsuit was filed on behalf of Father Ray Leonard, a Catholic priest contracted to serve as base chaplain and Fred Naylor, one of Father Leonard’s parishioners and a retired veteran with over 22 years of service. Fr. Leonard is a civilian Catholic Pastor contracted by the Department of Defense (DoD) to serve as a military chaplain at Kings Bay Naval Submarine Base in Georgia.



Fr. Leonard who served Tibetan populations in China for 10 years, informed the court in an affidavit; “In China, I was disallowed from performing public religious services due to the lack of religious freedom in China. I never imagined that when I returned home to the United States, that I would be forbidden from practicing my religious beliefs as I am called to do, and would be forbidden from helping and serving my faith community.”



On October 4, 2013, Fr. Leonard was ordered to stop performing all of his duties as the base’s Catholic Chaplain, even on a voluntary basis. He was also told that he could be arrested if he violated that order. The approximately 300 Catholic families, including Fred Naylor’s, served by Fr. Leonard at Kings Bay have been unable to attend Mass on base since the beginning of the shutdown.



Additionally, Fr. Leonard was locked out of his on-base office and the chapel. Fr. Leonard was also denied access to the Holy Eucharist and other articles of his Catholic faith. The order has caused the cancellation of daily and weekend mass, confession, marriage preparation classes and baptisms as well as prevented Fr. Leonard from providing the spiritual guidance he was called by his faith to provide.

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[Tyr-Ziu Saxnot]

Yes I said the night he was reelected that would be the end of the white christian male and no it wasn't but Obama is sure pushing for it .





http://www.wnd.com/2013/10/obama-shutdown-of-catholic-mass-sparks-reaction/ It can accurately be considered to be no other than a direct attack upon Christianity by Obama the CiC!!!!! By Obama the President of this nation!! Of course he has attacked other groups but those groups are almost ALL republican/conservative/patriotic or religious. Just more actions that point to his true character!!!! Character that some here feel should never be addressed! -:mad:--Tyr