It's a good year for a feud, eh Jamie Allman?McClellan really doesn't get it, but then, I'm not too surprised.
By Bill McClellan
For readers who may have missed the offending item, I gave out some awards in Sunday's column and one went to Archbishop Raymond Burke. He was "Newsiest Newcomer." The item, in its entirety, follows: "Archbishop Raymond Burke arrived in January and quickly became a headliner. He was big for George W. Bush. He lobbied the Missouri Legislature against stem cell research. He pulled the priest from St. Stanislaus. He is currently weighing which parishes will be closed, and he has hired a TV reporter as his personal spokesman."
I am not sure what sacred laws of journalism I violated with that item. Did Burke arrived in January? Yes. Was he big for Bush? Yes. You might remember he made national news when he said he wouldn't give Communion to Kerry. Then the archbishop published his 25-page pastoral letter - "On Our Civic Responsibility for the Common Good" - which sure seemed in line with the Bush campaign. Gay marriage, you might remember, was more intrinsically evil than war or the death penalty. And hey, all that is fine with me. I never criticize religious leaders for taking political stands, but things are what they are. Maybe Allman wants to pretend that the archbishop was neutral in the last election, but the rest of us don't have to pretend that.
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