1.0The Deacon's Benchhttps://www.beliefnet.com/columnists/deaconsbenchjmcgeehttps://www.beliefnet.com/columnists/deaconsbench/author/jmcgeeMaureen Dowd's sister act - The Deacon's Benchrich600338<blockquote class="wp-embedded-content" data-secret="X1QU9OzpUu"><a href="https://www.beliefnet.com/columnists/deaconsbench/2010/03/maureen-dowds-sister-act.html">Maureen Dowd’s sister act</a></blockquote><iframe sandbox="allow-scripts" security="restricted" src="https://www.beliefnet.com/columnists/deaconsbench/2010/03/maureen-dowds-sister-act.html/embed#?secret=X1QU9OzpUu" width="600" height="338" title="“Maureen Dowd’s sister act” — The Deacon's Bench" data-secret="X1QU9OzpUu" frameborder="0" marginwidth="0" marginheight="0" scrolling="no" class="wp-embedded-content"></iframe><script type="text/javascript">
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New York Times columnist Maureen Dowd has evidently been sharpening her stiletto, to take another stab at the Church, but the point is really pretty dull. In every sense. There is so much wrong with her latest column, I don’t even know where to begin, so I’ll let you all take a look and have…http://blog.beliefnet.com/deaconsbench/files/import/assets_c/2010/03/dowd-ts-190-thumb-190x240-12317.jpg