Montgomery Co MD Pulls Greeting to Pope From Buses

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Well, all it took was a few offended liberals to make the Peoples Republic of Montgomery County canceled plans to use buses to greet the Pope

The liberal run county has now rolled up the welcome mat, and placed it in a warehouse.


MoCo Pulls Greeting to Pope From Buses

Montgomery County officials today pulled plans to use hundreds of Ride On buses to greet Pope Benedict XVI, following concerns from some riders who questioned whether it was appropriate for a public entity to welcome a religious leader.

When Ride On buses began rolling this morning, their electronic message boards scrolled: "Welcome Pope Benedict."

Patrick Lacefield, a spokesman for County Executive Isiah Leggett (D), said county officials were under the impression that Metrobuses would be posting a similar message, in addition to giving participants in the pope's visit the option to buy a commemorative one-day Mass Pass.
But Metro spokesperson Steven Taubenkibel said there are no plans for such a greeting when the pope arrives tomorrow.

After learning of concerns from riders and checking with Metro, Lacefield said the county decided to scrap the greeting. He said the idea originated with one of Leggett's advisers.

"If Metro isn't doing it, then we probably think it's not appropriate," he said. "We don't want to give any wrong impression about favoring one religion over another. We are a community of many faiths."

http://blog.washingtonpost.com/annapolis/2008/04/moco_pulls_greeting_to_pope_fr.html

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I see nothing inappropriate about welcoming a prestigious religious leader no matter what the faith. Indeed. it seems like people are just covering their ears and closing their eyes to the truth if they dont think religious leaders are important.

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I see nothing inappropriate about welcoming a prestigious religious leader no matter what the faith. Indeed. it seems like people are just covering their ears and closing their eyes to the truth if they dont think religious leaders are important.

You have to live in, or near Maryland, to fully understand the loons in Montgomery Co

They are more liberal then Ted Kennedy

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and how do the liberal moonbats feelabout the Pope?


Bill Maher: Pope ‘Used to be a Nazi’; Compares Church to Cult, Bear Stearns
By Matthew Balan | April 14, 2008 - 12:28 ET

Bill Maher, true to form on his "Real Time" program on HBO on Friday, went on a tirade against Pope Benedict XVI and the Catholic Church, only days before the Pope’s visit to the U.S.. He stated that the Pope "used to be a Nazi" and compared him to a cult leader. He then went on to call the Church a "child-abusing religious cult" and "the Bear Stearns of organized pedophilia." "And that’s the Church’s attitude: 'We’re here, we’re queer, get used to it,' which is fine, far be it from me to criticize religion."

Following a profanity-tinged one-liner concerning the raid on the Texas compound of Fundamentalist Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints, Maher quipped, "In fact, whenever a cult leader sets himself up as God’s infallible wingman here on Earth, lock away the kids. Which is why I’d like to tip off law enforcement to an even larger child-abusing religious cult. Its leader also has a compound, and this guy not only operates outside the bounds of the law, but he used to be a Nazi and he wears funny hats. That’s right, the Pope is coming to America this week and ladies, he’s single!" At the "funny hat" line, Maher displayed a picture of Pope Benedict wearing a wide-brimmed hat called a saturno

http://newsbusters.org/blogs/matthew-balan/2008/04/14/bill-maher-pope-used-be-nazi-compares-church-cult-bear-stearns