{"id":4249,"date":"2010-04-01T13:41:44","date_gmt":"2010-04-01T13:41:44","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blog.beliefnet.com\/deaconsbench\/2010\/04\/message-to-bill-donohue-shut-up.html"},"modified":"2010-04-01T13:41:44","modified_gmt":"2010-04-01T13:41:44","slug":"message-to-bill-donohue-shut-up","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.beliefnet.com\/columnists\/deaconsbench\/2010\/04\/message-to-bill-donohue-shut-up.html","title":{"rendered":"Message to Bill Donohue: shut up"},"content":{"rendered":"

Whatever your noble intentions may be, Mr. Donohue, it’s time for you to slip away and, frankly, shut up.  Please.  <\/p>\n

You are doing more harm than good, and making our church look idiotic.<\/a> If you truly love our faith and want to defend it, go off and say a rosary. <\/p>\n

But please: stop this. People, faithful Catholics, have written to me, upset that performances like the one above are now considered representative of our Church. So, consider this a public intervention.  This has to stop.  Please.  You’re embarrassing us all.<\/p>\n

Happy Easter.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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