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Cherie Blair; Catholic Church out of step
Topic Started: Monday, 31. August 2009, 20:34 (108 Views)
karenjane	Monday, 31. August 2009, 20:34 Post #1
Posts: 229 Group: Members Member #240 Joined: August 2, 2009	Mrs Cherie Blair speaking at Edinburgh International Book Festival Said "The Catholic Church was out of step with the needs of career women". despite being a devout Catholic she uses contraception. She personally feels the Catholic Church should take a more positive attitude towards contraception. (Sunday Times 30/8/09, p6) karenjane



CARLO	Monday, 31. August 2009, 20:37 Post #2
Posts: 1,691 Group: Members Member #27 Joined: September 28, 2006	karenjane Monday, 31. August 2009, 20:34 Mrs Cherie Blair speaking at Edinburgh International Book Festival Said "The Catholic Church was out of step with the needs of career women". despite being a devout Catholic she uses contraception. She personally feels the Catholic Church should take a more positive attitude towards contraception. (Sunday Times 30/8/09, p6) karenjane Cherie is a dear and took a lot of stick when she was wife to the PM. Now that she is wife to the ex-PM there is no need to take her more seriously than anyone else! Pax CARLO
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karenjane	Monday, 31. August 2009, 20:42 Post #3
Posts: 229 Group: Members Member #240 Joined: August 2, 2009	Mrs Blair did mention CAREER women not women in general !!!!!! Double standards don't you think. karenjane



Clare	Monday, 31. August 2009, 20:42 Post #4
Wacko Schismatic Traditionalist Woman Posts: 3,093 Group: Members Member #70 Joined: March 27, 2007	CARLO Monday, 31. August 2009, 20:37 Cherie is a dear and took a lot of stick when she was wife to the PM. Now that she is wife to the ex-PM there is no need to take her more seriously than anyone else! That being so, there's no need to invite her to events, like she has anything valuable to say. Edited by Clare, Monday, 31. August 2009, 20:43.
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karenjane	Monday, 31. August 2009, 20:43 Post #5
Posts: 229 Group: Members Member #240 Joined: August 2, 2009	Now that she is wife to the ex-PM there is no need to take her more seriously than anyone else! ]That being so, there's no need to invite her to events, like she has anything valuable to say. Well said Clare. karenjane Edited by karenjane, Monday, 31. August 2009, 20:44.



Rose of York	Monday, 31. August 2009, 21:24 Post #6
Administrator Posts: 14,560 Group: Admin Member #2 Joined: September 25, 2006	Mrs Blair speaks of her personal opinion. http://www.theherald.co.uk/news/news/display.var.2528212.0.Blair_end_Churchs_hard_line_on_birth_control.php Quote: "I think it's a really important issue and I would prefer it if the Catholic Church took a more positive attitude towards contraception because I think there's a lot of difference between preventing a life coming about and actually extinguishing a life when it has come about." The Catholic Church in Scotland said the barrister was wrong to suggest oral contraception did not "extinguish" life. A spokesman said: "That is exactly what the morning-after pill does, while the conventional pill can potentially do the same." Reports say Mrs Blair urged the Church to reconsider its teaching. She did no such thing, she expressed her personal preference for what she would like the Church to do. The reports all refer to her as a devout Catholic. How the heck do journalists know who is and who is devout? That is known only to the person and God.
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Rose of York	Monday, 31. August 2009, 21:29 Post #7
Administrator Posts: 14,560 Group: Admin Member #2 Joined: September 25, 2006	karenjane Monday, 31. August 2009, 20:43 Now that she is wife to the ex-PM there is no need to take her more seriously than anyone else! The papers annoy me, giving the impression that having been wife to a Prime Minister is Cheri Blair's greatest achievement. She is a successful barrister specialising in two fields, Corporation Law and discrimination. Add to that, she is a judge, could end up as a judge in the High Court, Appeals Court or eventually Lord (or Lady?) Chief justice.
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Mrs.Pogle	Tuesday, 1. September 2009, 21:31 Post #8
Home-maker Posts: 831 Group: Members Member #219 Joined: February 2, 2009	Voicing an opinion, and even questionning some of the Church's teachings as we mature in faith is one thing, and could be seen as part of the process of growth, as long as we are open to Catholic teaching. Deliberately going against Church teaching as Cherie has done, quite openly, wrt contraception, and encouraging others to do the same is plain disobedience. It wouldn't matter whether she was Ms. Booth, QC or Mrs. Bloggs, housewife. It would still be disobedience... In reference to the title of this thread, it is Cherie who is "out of step". ps: I would rather be a faithful Catholic, barefoot, pregnant and tied to the kitchen sink than a successful career woman living a life of sin any day! Edited by Mrs.Pogle, Tuesday, 1. September 2009, 21:34.
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CARLO	Tuesday, 1. September 2009, 22:21 Post #9
Posts: 1,691 Group: Members Member #27 Joined: September 28, 2006	Clare Monday, 31. August 2009, 20:42 CARLO Monday, 31. August 2009, 20:37 Cherie is a dear and took a lot of stick when she was wife to the PM. Now that she is wife to the ex-PM there is no need to take her more seriously than anyone else! That being so, there's no need to invite her to events, like she has anything valuable to say. Yes indeed Clara. I am with you on this. Oremus CARLO
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Joseph	Tuesday, 1. September 2009, 23:35 Post #10
Posts: 776 Group: Members Member #37 Joined: October 18, 2006	Rose of York Monday, 31. August 2009, 21:24 ...The reports all refer to her as a devout Catholic. How the heck do journalists know who is and who is devout? ... You wouldn't happen to have a definition of "devout Catholic" would you Rose? It could be useful for us to have one that we could all agree on.
	Joseph


Rose of York	Tuesday, 1. September 2009, 23:59 Post #11
Administrator Posts: 14,560 Group: Admin Member #2 Joined: September 25, 2006	Joseph Tuesday, 1. September 2009, 23:35 /quote]You wouldn't happen to have a definition of "devout Catholic" would you Rose? It could be useful for us to have one that we could all agree on. Ah, that is the sixty four thousand gallons of holy water question. Joseph you've given me an idea. Watch for a new topic.
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