Okay, here I am, and I WILL "malign" your faith

Only it is hard to "malign" something that is so inherently harmful to begin with.

First, here is the message from John Edwards regarding the bloggers about whom I wrote yesterday:

The tone and the sentiment of some of Amanda Marcotte’s and Melissa McEwan’s posts personally offended me. It’s not how I talk to people, and it’s not how I expect the people who work for me to talk to people. Everyone is entitled to their opinion, but that kind of intolerant language will not be permitted from anyone on my campaign, whether it’s intended as satire, humor, or anything else. But I also believe in giving everyone a fair shake. I’ve talked to Amanda and Melissa; they have both assured me that it was never their intention to malign anyone’s faith, and I take them at their word. We’re beginning a great debate about the future of our country, and we can’t let it be hijacked. It will take discipline, focus, and courage to build the America we believe in.

Both bloggers made it clear that they write political satire and political news and there job was not to malign anyone's faith.

As an outsider who does not belong to either major corporate-controlled party (and who sometimes has trouble telling them apart), I an not personally concerned with anyone's campaign, so I am happy to say that the Catholic Church represents a long history of rampant social control, accomplished by such means as horrific torture, mass killing, Nazi protection, child physical abuse, child sexual abuse, lying, covering up, telling Third World women that condoms will not prevent AIDS, denying condoms to women and girls who are at risk for getting AIDS, making people feel ashamed of their sexuality, and forcing girls and women to have children they do not want and cannot feed.

Throughout history, the focus of the church's social control has changed, with one exception: the controlling of females is a goal that has been sustained for centuries. I realize there are women in the church who are trying to change things, but it is painfully obvious that they haven't had much success.

Catholic League president William Donohue refers to Marcotte and McEwan as "vulgar, trash-talking bigots." Pull the 20-foot beam out of your own blind eye, you misogynistic, homophobic hypocrite.