tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9102867.post5089980326655609508..comments2009-10-15T14:09:23.772-05:00Steve Steffenshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08104688163653632284sjs1959@gmail.comBlogger7125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9102867.post-59714081775356384242009-10-15T14:09:23.772-05:002009-10-15T14:09:23.772-05:00The Catholic Diocese have enough &quot;juice&quot; to stop something they oppose in an evangelically Protestant culture? I doubt it, even with the &quot;alliance&quot; they perhaps have with the Religious Right. All you&#39;re doing is drawing attention to the issue and making it more likely for some grounds to oppose the Certificate of Need. If, however, the controversy continues as it seems and the Certificate is not granted, it still becomes a matter of ours being a free country and people having a right to make such a choice.callmeishmaelhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11487928923226189314noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9102867.post-8269038599986074192009-10-15T12:03:40.357-05:002009-10-15T12:03:40.357-05:00CMI, that&#39;s not quite true, as PP has to obtain a Certificate of Need from the State, and the Diocese is free to oppose it. <br /><br />The question then becomes, do they have enough juice to block the Certificate of Need? If so, this creates myriad problems for PP.<br /><br />Otherwise, I would agree and wouldn&#39;t be bringing this up.Steve Steffenshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08104688163653632284noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9102867.post-12874488827072912162009-10-15T11:54:17.008-05:002009-10-15T11:54:17.008-05:00The Catholic Church has a right to their beliefs on this subject, but they don&#39;t have a right to impose their beliefs on everyone else.<br /><br />They are way out of line on this.Martikihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01844403187971819673noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9102867.post-46446171482934075352009-10-15T11:29:39.141-05:002009-10-15T11:29:39.141-05:00Free country: let the protesters protest and the movers move. To give the protesters an audience--Action News 5 and the Cracker&#39;s blog--is only to give their ideas the credence you oppose. Remember the evangelical outrage over &quot;The Last Temptation of Christ.&quot; It grew so loud that even The Cracker went to see the film! <br />Ultimately if the Landlords of Planned Parenthood&#39;s new proposed location agree to a lease, there is nothing the Catholic Diocese can do about it. If not, it&#39;s their land and their--well--choice.callmeishmaelhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11487928923226189314noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9102867.post-17644139681697886842009-10-15T02:36:41.620-05:002009-10-15T02:36:41.620-05:00Father John better look out for priests molesting altar and school boys and hitting on female parishioners.Wintermutehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12936523821906008602noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9102867.post-14325816833815925792009-10-14T23:43:35.924-05:002009-10-14T23:43:35.924-05:00If they really think that Planned Parenthood moving a mile closer to their school is going to suddenly motivate a bunch of Catholic High students to go to the clinic for birth control or abortions, then the Catholic High administration has bigger problems than Planned Parenthood to deal with. <br />On the other hand, does anyone doubt that there are students at Catholic High who are having sex? I hope they&#39;re using some kind of protection!vvixenhttp://openid.aol.com/vvixennoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9102867.post-70670052739367322472009-10-14T22:05:57.808-05:002009-10-14T22:05:57.808-05:00This is why I&#39;m a Presbyterian.<br /><br />My ancestors told the Vatican to kiss their ass hundreds of years ago. I echo that emotion today.captainkonahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04011881473365734763noreply@blogger.com