"How can Catholics be asked to participate in a dialogue"

This is an intentional insult to the Catholic community. If one does not believe that a baby can't be killed before or during a birth they will be too close minded for any true dialogue on faith in this country we are becoming.

"Live for yourself...there's no one else more worth living for.
Begging hands and bleeding hearts will only cry out for more"- Rush--Anthem

That list of slanders, if  aimed anywhere except at the Catholic Church, would result in Harry Knox's being hounded from public life completely.

However, against the RCC, it's just another day at the Obama administration office.

I know I'm jumping the gun, but I expect the media will portray this as Catholics wanting to run the Advisory Council and censor views that they don't like.

They might say "Wow, that sucks!"  But at least they'll say "Wow!"  -Duff Goldman, the Ace of Cakes

First of all, you choose to be Catholic. It's a choice (I know this will upset some liberals as well), like homosexuality. My mother was protestant Christian, I  believe, and my father's a moderate Jew, but when my mother died, I chose to become a secular Jew. At first I thought it was agnosticism, but I learned the secular Judaism simply means you believe in God but follow the laws of the land. I follow the Ten Commandments (as much as I can, save a few outbursts of taking God's name in vain [and I'm not a Jew for Jesus, so saying "For Christsake" doesn't count.])

My point being is that you choose your religion. It is not up to some pressure group, like the Catholic League of Douchebags, or pin heads, like Jabba the Donahue, to tell you how to pray or how to follow your religion or which movies you can see. You do realize that up until the 1960s, the Archbishops of major American cities had the authority to ban their parishioners from seeing any movie the particular Archbishop deemed unsuitable for public consumption? That was how powerful these authoritarians were, and largely due to the liberalization of the culture in the 60s (particularly the Sexual revolution), they lost their power because the people decided to take a stand and say "It's un-hip to be square". Well that's the way I would imagine it, despite the fact that I like that particular Huey Lewis and the News song.

The way I would see it, I don't think there should be an office of faith-based initiatives in the first place. It's clearly a violation of the laws separating Church and State. I, being a secular Jew and a taxpayer, do not want my money going to some initiative that aids someone else's religion I don't believe in. I don't want my money going to Islamic organizations like C.A.I.R., I don't want my money going towards Benedict Abrahams like Jews For Jesus, and I certainly don't want my money going towards the Catholic League Of Douchebags.

It sounds like Harry Knox is a bleeding heart liberal, no doubt, but since why does telling the truth invalidate him from being in the cabinet? Phil Hendrie did his Loon Alert about the pope saying that condoms don't help the AIDS victims in Africa (and he's pretty non-partisan about his Loon Alerts because he's also had Keith Olberfuher in several of them.) The truth is that condoms work, and simply telling the people not to have sex is ineffective if they disobey that declaration. They need to be given the option, and simply calling the people who advocate for it names will not call it.

Just accept the fact that the Catholic hierarchy has been a negative influence to the world for years. It's not too late. Give it a rest.

Not to be playing Andy Rooney here, but have you ever noticed how liberals are mighty quick to invoke the name of Jesus in a vain attempt to bolster their arguments?  Knox is no different.  They have no idea who Jesus is, what He did, why He came, or what His death and resurrection mean.  I doubt they have ever read any of the four Gospel accounts, let alone any of Paul's letters. And Jesus was quick to call out sinners in their sin and offer forgiveness for repentance.  Jesus was about love, yes, but He was also for accountability.  Does the phrase "go and sin no more" ring a bell?  He also preached what would happen if one disobeyed God's law too.  Does "Gehenna" ring a bell?

It is my understanding Knox is a homosexual.  Homosexuality is an abomination in the OT and a sin in the NT.  Either way, it is out and out rebellion to God Almighty.  This is why Knox hates Catholics and probably most protestants - we see homosexuality for what it is and we refuse to condone or accept his rebellion. For this same reason he hates God too.  Maybe he thinks God made him gay then condemned him.  I do know one gay who does think this way.

"I dont need to read a newspaper to know the world's been shaved by a drunken barber."

Walter Brennan, The Colonel, Meet John Doe, 1941