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The U.S. Women's National Volleyball Team during a training session on May 4th, 2012.
With 49 days remaining until the Opening Ceremony for the London 2012 Olympic Games, there is plenty of action for American athletes all over the world. Some of the biggest names in U.S. gymnastics, volleyball, track and field and men's soccer will be competing while U.S. athletes will be seeking Olympic Team berths in shooting, canoe/kayak and equestrian. Check out the Olympic Weekend Preview for all the details about these events and others in the world of Olympic sports.
FIVB World Grand Prix, June 8-10, Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic
The U.S. Women's National Volleyball Team will begin its three-peat run in the FIVB Grand Prix on Friday with an opening-round game against Germany in the Dominican Republic. The United States, which is ranked No. 1 in the world by the FIVB, will also play Chinese Taipei on Saturday and the Dominican Republic on Sunday in Pool B matches.
Following this weekend's games, the United States will play three more matches, beginning June 15, in Sao Paulo, Brazil. The tournament continues through July 1 with the championship match in Ningbo, China, and is the final preparation before the London 2012 Olympic Games.
The United States won the tournament in 2010 and 2011. Among the star players on this year's team, coached by Hugh McCutcheon, are 2011 FIVB Grand Prix MVP Destinee Hooker, three-time Olympian Heather Brown at middle blocker, two-time Olympian Lindsey Berg at setter, three-time Olympian Stacy Sykora at libero and three-time Olympian Logan Tom at outside hitter.
"Obviously the FIVB World Grand Prix is another chance to compete and get better in preparation for London," McCutcheon said. "There is a lot of value to get out of this tournament and hopefully we can make the most of this opportunity."
Also in volleyball:
FIVB Swatch World Beach Volleyball Tour, Moscow Grand Slam, June 6-10, Moscow
Visa Championships, June 7-10, St. Louis, Mo.
Danell Leyva felt nearly perfect after grabbing the men's all-around lead Thursday night at the 2012 Visa Championships at Chaifetz Arena in St. Louis. He won the parallel bars and tied Paul Ruggeri for first place on the horizontal bar, scoring 91.850 in the all-around. The second round of men's competition will be Saturday. Scores from both Thursday and Saturday will be added to determine the all-around and individual event champions.
"It feels pretty good to be leading the Visa Championships," said Leyva, the 2011 U.S. all-around champion and world parallel bars gold medalist. "I'm using this meet as a stepping stone to get to the Olympic Games, so it's perfect."
The women's competition begins Friday on both the senior and junior levels. The second round will be Sunday. Among the leading women are 2011 world and national all-around champion Jordyn Wieber, 2008 Olympic all-around gold medalist Nastia Liukin, world vault gold medalist McKayla Maroney and world floor exercise bronze medalist Alexandra Raisman.
The competition will determine not only the national champions, but also spots for the U.S. Olympic Trials.
John Orozco was runner-up to Leyva in the all-around Friday with 91.800 points. Jonathan Horton, a 2008 Olympic silver medalist, leads the still rings with a score of 15.500. Steve Legendre leads the floor exercise with a score of 16.150 and Chris Brooks leads the vault with 16.450 on a front handspring double-pike front vault.
TV: 8 p.m.-10 p.m. ET Friday, Universal Sports; 1 p.m.-3 p.m. Saturday, NBC; 4 p.m.-6 p.m. Sunday, NBC
Webcast: universalsports.com
Also in gymnastics:
Junior Olympic Rhythmic Gymnastics National Championships, June 6-9, Lake Buena Vista, Fla.
USA Gymnastics Open Championships, June 10-12, Lake Buena Vista, Fla.
U.S. Olympic Team Trials for Smallbore, May 31-June 11, Fort Benning, Ga.
The U.S. Olympic Team Trials for Smallbore has already produced what is believed to be the first husband-and-wife U.S. Olympic team for the 2012 Games in Eric and Sandra Uptagrafft. Sandra, a Petty Officer First Class in the U.S. Navy Reserves, qualified for the Olympic Games (pending approval from the U.S. Olympic Committee) earlier this week in the women's 25-meter pistol; Eric, a two-time Olympian, had previously qualified for the London 2012 Olympic Games in men's rifle prone.
"It's a dream come true," said Sanda Uptagrafft, who failed in four previous attempts at an Olympics berth. "It sounds cliché, but it's been a long struggle and it does prove that hard work, perseverance and determination really do pay off."
Sandra Uptagrafft is looking to add a women's pistol national championship to her collection this week. Her score of 387 is No. 1 in the women's 10-meter air pistol.
Four Olympic spots remain to be won. Two spots in men's 25-meter rapid fire pistol and one spot in women's three-position rifle will be determined Friday. Amanda Furrer scored a 100.4 in Thursday's final round to take the two-day lead in the women's competition. Keith Sanderson and Emil Milev are one-two in the men's pistol. There will also be one Olympic nomination in men's three-position rifle, a three-day competition which begins Saturday.
U.S. Olympic Trials for Rowing (small boats), June 11-14, West Windsor, N.J.
Olympic berths in women's pair, men's pair and men's single sculls will be on the line at the U.S. Olympic Trials for Rowing in West Windsor, N.J. The competition begins Tuesday after training and athletes' pre-race meetings Monday. Overall, 12 crews will represent the United States at the London 2012 Olympic Games; 22 athletes have already been nominated to the Olympics Team.
Eleanor Logan and Erin Cafaro, both gold medalists in the women's eight at the Beijing 2008 Olympic Games, turned down automatic berths to race at the London 2012 Olympic Games in women's pair, opening up the competition at the trials. They had won nominations by finishing first in the National Selection Regatta I and then winning silver at the Belgrade World Cup.
Also in rowing:
USRowing Youth National Championships, June 8-10, Oak Ridge, Tenn.
ICF Slalom World Cup, June 8-10, Cardiff, Wales
Two-time Olympian Scott Parsons, 2008 Olympian Benn Fraker and 2011 women's kayak national champion Caroline Queen are among the U.S. athletes hoping to clinch an Olympic berth at this weekend's ICF Slalom World Cup in Cardiff, Wales. In all, five U.S. Olympic berths will be determined through the competition, which was to begin Friday.
Sprint kayakers Carrie Johnson and Tim Hornsby previously secured nominations to the U.S. Olympic Team, pending approval by the U.S. Olympic Committee.
Parsons is the U.S. Olympic qualification points leader in men's kayak, Fraker in men's single canoe, and Eric Hurd and Jeff Larimer in men's double canoe. Queen is tied with Ashley Nee for the lead in women's kayak. If the points leaders are the top U.S. finishers in their events, they win the Olympic berths. If not, other U.S. athletes can grab the Olympic berths by finishing among the top 20 in an event and above the point leaders. Queen is actually rated above Nee in terms of Olympic qualification because she qualified the U.S. boat in women's kayak at the 2011 ICF World Championships.
TV: 5:30 a.m. ET Saturday, ESPN3; 5 a.m. Sunday, ESPN3
adidas Grand Prix, June 9, New York City, N.Y.
Sanya Richards-Ross and Allyson Felix are among a star-studded field of sprinters who will compete Saturday in the adidas Grand Prix in New York City. Felix, a three-time world champion at 200 meters and two-time Olympic silver medalist in that event, will battle Kelly-Ann Baptiste of Trinidad and Tobago in the women's 100. Richards-Ross plans to run in the 200 and 400.
The competition, the third stop in the Visa Championship Series and also a part of the Samsung Diamond League, will be held at Icahn Stadium on Randall's Island. The event has drawn athletes from 42 countries, including 72 Olympic or world medalists.
Tyson Gay, who is the American record-holder for 100 meters, is returning to compete after almost a year off due to a hip injury. He is using the race as a rehab start for the U.S. Olympic Trials. Other notable U.S. athletes include discus thrower Stephanie Brown Trafton, a two-time national champion, and middle-distance runner Bernard Lagat, a two-time Olympic medalist.
TV: 3 p.m.-4:30 p.m. ET Saturday, NBC
Also in track and field:
USA Half Marathon Trail Championships, June 10, Bend, Ore.
2012 World Cup qualifying, U.S. Men's National Team vs. Antigua & Barbuda, June 8, Tampa, Fla.
Landon Donovan, the United States' all-time leader in international caps and the team's all-time leading scorer in FIFA World Cup qualifying, will lead the U.S. Men's National Team into its 2014 World Cup qualifying opener Friday night. The United States will face Antigua & Barbuda in its opening game at Raymond James Stadium in Tampa, Fla.
Donovan, who earned a hat trick and had an assist in a 5-1 win over Scotland May 26, will play in his 142nd international game Friday and his likely 126th start. He will combine with attacker Clint Dempsey, among others, who scored the only goal in a 1-0 win over Italy in February and had a record 17 Premier League goals while playing in England.
The United States, which has never played Antigua & Barbuda, will follow the game Friday with another World Cup Qualifying match Tuesday against Guatemala in Guatemala City. The team's next qualifying game after that won't come until Sept. 7.
"We have no other choice than having that sense of urgency every single game because we can't kind of relax for even one game in World Cup qualifiers," coach Jurgen Klinsmann told the Tampa Bay Times.
TV: 7 p.m. ET Friday, ESPN, Galavision
Also in soccer:
U.S. Under-20 Men's National Team vs. Uruguay, June 8, Montevideo, Uruguay
USA Field Hockey Women's National Championship, June 1-8, College Park, Md.
The last round of games in the USA Field Hockey Women's National Championship will be held Friday at the University of Maryland in College Park. The eight-day showcase featured eight regions playing in five matches total as players competed for spots on the U.S. National Team. Shannon Taylor of the North squad had a tournament-leading eight points through Thursday's games. Taylor was a member of the gold medal-winning national team at the 2011 Pan American Games.
Lee Bodimeade, coach of the U.S. National Team, will name athletes to the national team and development squads following the championship game Friday. On June 23, Bodimeade will name the 16-member Olympic squad for the London 2012 Olympic Games.
IJF Grand Slam, June 9-10, Rio de Janeiro
Kayla Harrison, Travis Stevens and Nick Delpopolo, who all qualified for the U.S. Olympic Team (pending nomination by the U.S. Olympic Committee), will compete in a Grand Slam tournament Saturday and Sunday in Rio de Janeiro. Harrison, who will compete at 78 kilograms and won Grand Prix gold earlier this year in Dusseldorf, is a favorite to win gold at the London 2012 Olympic Games. Stevens will compete at 81kg and Delpopolo at 73kg. This event will be one of the final elite-level competitions prior to London.
"This will be a good tune-up," said coach Jimmy Pedro, Harrison's coach. "We do not expect her to face any stiff competition. But she always fights better in the big ones, when she is actively competing."
Also in judo:
IJF World Cup, women, June 9-10, Tallin, Estonia
IJF World Cup, men, June 9-10, Lisbon, Portugal
National Presidents Cup Championship, June 9-10, Irvine, Calif.
ISAF World Cup, Sail for Gold, June 4-9, Weymouth and Portland, Great Britain
Anna Tunnicliffe and the Team Maclaren crew of Molly Vandemoer and Debbie Capozzi won both gold round matches Thursday, advancing to Friday's quarterfinal round of women's match racing at the ISAF World Cup being held in Great Britain. The crew previously qualified for the London 2012 Olympic Games.
Zach Railey was in third place in the Finn competition when a collision with another boat in windy and rainy conditions Thursday threw Railey into the water and virtually destroyed his boat. However, he remains in third place in the overall standings. Amanda Clark and Sarah Lihan were in sixth place in the Women's 470 class. Paralympic SKUD-18 skipper Jan French and JP Creignou were in fourth place. The competition continues through Saturday; Paralympic sailing concludes Friday.
Mutual of Omaha Swimvitational, June 8-10, Omaha, Neb.
Competition begins Friday in the Mutual of Omaha Swimvitational, which is a preview meet for the U.S. Olympic Trials to be held at the same venue in two weeks. Amanda Beard, a 2004 Olympic gold medalist, and Matt Grevers, a 2008 Olympic silver medalist, are among the top swimmers expected to compete. Up to 700 will compete in the three-day meet.
Women's Sabre World Cup, June 8-10, Gand, Belgium
Mariel Zagunis, who has won a medal at every World Cup event this season in women's sabre, will go after another this weekend at a World Cup event in Gand, Belgium. It is the final World Cup tournament overseas before Chicago is host to the last World Cup of the year in late June. A two-time Olympic gold medalist, Zagunis earned a bronze in the Bologna Sabre World Cup in May.
Also in fencing:
Women's Epee Grand Prix, June 9-10, Nankin, China
USA Softball Women's National Team Selection Camp, June 10-12, Ashland, Ohio
Jackie Traina, a sophomore at the University of Alabama, was added to a roster of 20 athletes who'll compete for spots on the USA Softball Women's National Team, beginning Sunday in Ashland, Ohio. The three-day selection camp will determine the final five roster spots on the squad. Twelve roster spots were named in January.
The team will compete in the World Cup of Softball VII, beginning June 27 in Oklahoma City, Okla. Those not making the national team will be named to the USA Softball Women's Elite National Team.
USA Basketball Men's U18 National Team training camp, June 5-11, Colorado Springs
Jarnell Stokes, a rising sophomore at the University of Tennessee, and two-time Texas Gatorade Player of the Year Marcus Smart were among 14 players named Thursday night as finalists for the USA Basketball Men's U-18 National Team. The roster also includes 2012 Nike Hoop Summit selections James Robinson of DeMatha Catholic High School in Maryland and Rasheed Sulaimon of Strake Jesuit College Prep in Houston.
Two more players must be trimmed from the roster before the team breaks camp Tuesday and departs for the FIBA Americas U18 Championship. The tournament begins June 16 in Sao Sebastiao do Paraiso, Brazil.
"I think it was very, very difficult for the (selection) committee to get this group narrowed down just because there were so many good players," said U.S. coach Billy Donovan, who also heads the basketball team at the University of Florida.
USEF Dressage Festival of Champions, June 8-10 and 14-17, Gladstone, N.J.
Six USEF dressage national championships will be conducted over the next 10 days at the USEF Dressage Festival of Championships, including the Grand Prix National Dressage Championships. The Grand Prix is also the selection trial for the London 2012 Olympic Games.
Among the leading rider-horse combinations are defending Grand Prix champion Steffen Peters, aboard Legolas 92, and Adrienne Lyle, aboard Wizard. Ravel, also ridden by Peters, and Legolas 92 are the No. 1- and No. 2-ranked Grand Prix horses.
Markel/USEF Young Horse Dressage Selection Trial, June 8-10, Leesburg, Va.
Six horses in the 6-year-old division and three in the 5-year-old division will compete this weekend in the final Markel/USEF Young Horse Dressage Selection Trial at Morven Park in Leesburg, Va. The competition will be used to determine spots on the USEF Young Horse Dressage Short List, leading to the FEI World Breeding Championships for Young Horses in Dressage.
Also in equestrian:
USEF Para-Equestrian Dressage National Championship, June 11-13, Gladstone, N.J.
Giro Ciclistico d'Italia, June 8-17, Italy
Ian Boswell and Joe Dombrowski of the Bontrager-Livestrong Team are among six U.S. elite U-23 riders competing in the Giro Ciclistico d'Italia. The 10-day event begins Friday.
Also in cycling:
UCI Mountain Bike World Cup, June 9-10, Fort William, England
Chile Challenge, Pro GRT, June 8-10, Angel Fire, N.M.
USA Rugby Men's National Team vs. Canada, June 9, Kingston, Ont., Canada
The USA Rugby Eagles will open their international season Saturday in Kingston, Ont., when they face Canada. Mike MacDonald, who will extend his Eagles cap record to 66 with the game, is one of 11 starters from the 2011 Rugby World Cup squad. The game is the first for first-year coach Mike Tolkin and an early step on the way toward the 2015 Rugby World Cup. The Eagles will also play the Republic of Georgia on June 16 in Glendale, Colo., and Italy on June 23 in Houston.
Webcast: coresportsnetwork.ca
Denver Triathlon, June 10, Denver
The second event in the 2012 USA Paratriathlon Race Series will be held Sunday as a part of the Denver Triathlon. The series opened in May with the USA Paratriathlon National Championship and finishes on Sept. 16 with the Nickel City Triathlon in Buffalo, N.Y.
Nor'easter, June 9-10, Canton, Mass.
Qualification rounds begin Saturday in the annual Nor'easter USA Archery-sanctioned tournament for senior, junior and cadet archers in both recurve and compound disciplines. It is the final national tournament and USA Archery qualifier prior to the National Target Championships and Easton JOAD Nationals, which begin June 25 in Hamilton, Ohio.
Story courtesy Red Line Editorial, Inc. Paul D. Bowker is a freelance contributor for teamusa.org. Material from various news services and press releases from National Governing Bodies was used to compile this report. This story was not subject to the approval of any National Governing Bodies.


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Crime Stoppers is offering a $1,000 reward to catch a man who scammed a 92-year old Medford woman on July 1.
The victim says a nice young man came to her door, and said he was selling magazine subscriptions to support war veterans. He also claimed he was the grandson of a neighbor, which later turned out not to be true. When she said she didn't have any cash on hand, the suspect got her to agree to giving him her a-t-m card on the promise he'd bring it back. The suspect never returned. It was later discovered the suspect went to three different ATM machines and withdrew a total of $900.
The male is described as being around 20-years old with short brown hair with no visible marks or tattoos. He also wore a purple and yellow bracelet on his left wrist.
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Govbarney wrote:Is the ACC really better then the B1G....? Is that the world I am living in now....? Serious props to what FSU is doing this year, but the media would have you believe that they are playing in the little SEC, and I just don't buy it. FSUs best wins are against Clemson , and Miami. Clemson was considered a impressive win because they beat Georgia a team that in retrospect is not nearly as good as everyone thought they would be, and Miami beat no one of note except for a overrated deeply flawed Florida team. The B1G has got some serious flaws, but is there that much of a gap between say Clemson, Miami, VT, N. Carolina and Maryland as there is between MSU, Wisconsin, Nebraska, MU and Minnesota??
Yes. There is.
I don't like it any more than you do, but you're sticking your head in the sand on this one. There are at least 3 ACC teams this year that would win the Big 10 easily if they switched places with Ohio State. MSU might be solid, Wisconsin is ah-ight, but the rest is crap.


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Samsung Electronics late on Tuesday issued a statement claiming that the company no longer wanted to acquire SanDisk, a leading supplier of flash-based products in the world. The company said that in the existing market conditions it was no longer interested on taking over SanDisk at $26 a share.
"After nearly six months of efforts to pursue a transaction with no meaningful progress, we are withdrawing our proposal to acquire SanDisk. I am disappointed that we have been unable to reach an agreement on our proposal. I continue to believe that a combination of our two companies would have created a superior global brand, an unparalleled technology platform and the scale and resources to drive convergence in the marketplace, said Yoon Woo Lee, vice chairman and chief executive officer at Samsung.
Samsung noted that SanDisk recently posted roughly $250 million loss and also had to sell part of its manufacturing facilities to Toshiba, which significantly increases risk to the Milpitas, California-bases flash cards and drives supplier.
"We have obligations to our own shareholders which require that we take a disciplined approach. […]Your surprise announcements of a quarter billion dollar operating loss, a hurried renegotiation of your relationship with Toshiba and major job losses across your organization all point to a considerable increase in your risk profile and a material deterioration in value, both on a stand-alone basis as well as to Samsung. As a result of these developments, we are no longer interested in acquiring SanDisk at $26/share," said Yoon Woo Lee.
In response, SanDisk again indicated that its assets and future potential were undervalued by Samsung Electronics and even though the company remained open for a transaction, it believed that its cost is much higher than $5.85 billion proposed by the South Korea-based electronics conglomerate.
"From the start of this process SanDisk's board of directors has remained open to a transaction that recognizes SanDisk's long-term value and contains the right protections for SanDisk's shareholders. We repeatedly outlined a clear path to hold further discussions, including most recently in our letter on September 15, and Samsung consistently chose to ignore that path and, in fact, never contacted SanDisk regarding their proposal after we delivered our letter. We believe this raises questions about the real motivations behind Samsung's offer," said SanDisk in a statement.


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Guide's Top 5 for the weekend: Perot Museum, Walk to the Park, Theatre Britain's panto, the Children's Parade and 'It's a Wonderful Life: A Live Radio Play'
PEROT MUSEUM OF NATURE AND SCIENCE The brand-new, $185 million facility (built without any public funds or debt), which opens Saturday at Woodall Rodgers Freeway and North Field Street in downtown Dallas. Gorgeous, ecologically hyperconscious architecture aside, the museum's interactivity is its best calling card: On every floor, in every hall — even in the lobby — visitors will get the chance to make their museum experience unique, whether it's through designing their own bird, creating a color, building a robotic vehicle or dissecting a fruit fly in the Bio Lab. Of course, it's a major attraction for children and educators, but adults will find just as much as the kiddos to keep them engrossed and entertained. 2201 N. Field St. at Woodall Rodgers Freeway frontage road (northwest corner). Check the website for extended hours for opening weekend and more information. 214-428-5555. perotmuseum.org. Click here for our extensive coverage of the museum's opening. — Joy Tipping
WALK TO THE PARK AT KLYDE WARREN PARK Plan ahead to take a long lunch and stroll to Klyde Warren Park on Friday in downtown Dallas. Attractions at the Walk to the Park event include a performance in the park by the Townview Big D Marching Band at 11 a.m.; a free concert presented by Guide, with the King Bucks performing at 11:30 a.m. and Larry G(ee) at 12:45 p.m.; and food trucks and concessions. Feel free to take a picnic blanket and your lunch. Walk to the Park is being presented by The Dallas Morning News, and there'll be speakers from the newspaper in the park's Dallas Morning News Reading & Games Room. Regular park programming that day includes mah-jongg at 11 a.m., a pingpong tournament at noon, yoga at noon, knitting at 12:30 p.m. and croquet at 1 p.m. Free. guidelive.com. Click here for more coverage about the park. — Ann Pinson
MOTHER GOOSE Panto, with its cross dressing, double entendres and melodramatic cheering of the hero and booing of the villain may be THE holiday tradition in England, but it still takes people by surprise here in Texas. Theatre Britain opens its latest annual holiday confection at the Cox Building Playhouse in Plano. Mother Goose is the "dame" role, played by a man who flirts with the men in the audience, while wearing heavy make-up, a comic dress and high heels. Says Nathaniel P. Reid, the leading lady … er, man, "Panto has everything theatrical – song, dance, verse, slapstick, soliloquy, audience participation, spectacle, crossdressing and a good plot, strong on morality and romance – what more could you want from a family outing?" The show runs Saturday through Dec. -30 at Cox Building Playhouse, 1517 H Avenue, Plano. $10-$20. 972-490-4202. theatre-britain.com. — Nancy Churnin
CHILDREN'S MEDICAL CENTER HOLIDAY PARADE Santa, inflatable balloons, costumed characters, performing groups and marching bands will draw crowds to kick off the holiday season in downtown Dallas for this 25th annual event. The new parade route will begin at City Hall Plaza and continue down Marilla Street, past Founders Square, ending just beyond the Adolphus Hotel. Highlights include a cast of favorites, such as Wonder Woman, Classic Batman, Smurfette and Raggety Ann and Andy. Nickelodeon star Elizabeth Gillies will make an appearance, and three patients (Ethan Fox, 11, from Dallas; John Garcia, 10, from Garland; and Libby Serber, 7, from Frisco) will serve as grand marshals. Their stories will be shared via the live broadcast on WFAA-TV (Channel 8). 10 to 11 a.m. Saturday in downtown Dallas. Free; bleacher seating can be purchased online, $25-$120. 214-456-7000. childrens.com/parade. — Ann Pinson and Ellen Ritscher Sackett
IT'S A WONDERFUL LIFE: A LIVE RADIO PLAY Redoing a classic movie as a simulated live radio broadcast may not sound like the greatest idea. Yet It's a Wonderful Life: A Live Radio Play is surprisingly satisfying holiday fare. That's largely because WaterTower Theatre does it so well. Five outstanding actors keep the stage version just close enough to the soundtrack of Frank Capra's 1946 film to satisfy the most nostalgic audience members, and just fresh enough to preclude boredom. Matthew Laurence-Moore handles the James Stewart role perfectly. His timbre and inflections vividly recall the ones on the original soundtrack, but you never feel Laurence-Moore is doing an imitation or impersonation. Presented by WaterTower Theatre through Dec. 16 at the Addison Conference and Theatre Centre, 15650 Addison Road, Addison. $30-$40. 972-450-6232. watertowertheatre.org. — Lawson Taitte
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|February 7, 1477
More is born in London to John and Agnes More.
|November 1501
Tudor, Prince of Wales and the brother of future king Henry Tudor,
marries Catherine of Aragon. Arthur dies four months later.
|April 1509
Henry VII dies and Henry VIII, only eighteen at the time, becomes king.
|June 1509
receiving clearance from the Pope that the marriage would not violate a
command in Leviticus about not taking a brother's wife, Henry VIII
marries Catherine of Aragon.
is elected to Parliament.
marries Alice Middleton.
serving as Undersheriff of London, More publishes his most famous work,
joins the King's service, taking a job as Master of Requests.
is knighted; becomes ambassador to Bruges and Calais.
becomes Speaker of the House of Commons. He moves to Chelsea.
appointed to the four-member King's Council. King Henry VIII
begins to take an interest in Anne Boleyn.
|Early 1527
VIII decides that his marriage to Catherine violates the injunction of
Leviticus. (He might also be concerned that Catherine is past the
age of child-bearing and has not given birth to a son.) He asks
Cardinal Wolsey to help secretly secure an annulment of his
marriage. More, meanwhile, negotiates a treaty with France.
|May 1527
private legatine court investigating the question of annulment of the
King's marriage adjourns without taking any action. The
troops of Emperor Charles V wreak havoc in Rome, raping women and
killing children and dragging the corpse of Pope Julius II (taken from
its tomb) through the streets.
|June 1527
tells Catherine that they have been unlawfully married for the past
eighteen years. More becomes aware of the king's interpretation
of Leviticus.
|July-Sept. 1527
travels with Cardinal Wolsey to France to ratify the new treaty with
the French king.
|Late September 1527
VIII approaches More about his "great matter" (the legality of his
marriage). More tells Henry that he thinks his marriage is
lawful; the King asks him to give the matter more thought. (Later
in the year, this time at More's home in Chelsea, the king walks
through More's garden, arm around More's neck, discussing his desires
concerning the annulment of his marriage.)
|Summer of 1528
Pope dispatches Cardinal Campeggio from Rome to convene a legatine
court in London to decide the question of the king's annulment.
England experiences outbreaks of the plague and sweating sickness
leading the suspension of the courts at Westminster. More
occupies himself aggressively pursuing heretics, which he views as the
primary threat to England's well-being.
|May 31, 1529
legatine court called by the Pope formally opens in the parliament
chamber of Blackfriars.
|June 21, 1529
and Catherine (along with Cardinal Wolsey) appear before the legatine
court. Catherine kneels before the king and begs for "pity and
compassion" and declared that she was a virgin when she married
him. Henry VIII delivers a speech outlining his scruples about
his marriage.
|August 1529
again on the continent, helps negotiate a general peace between all the
major players in Europe. The peace will hold for fifteen
|October 1529
VIII, unhappy that his Lord Chancellor, Cardinal Wolsey, had failed in
his "great matter," has Wolsey arrested for treason. Henry
chooses Thomas More as Wolsey's successor as Lord Chancellor, the
highest appointed office in England. Despite his sympathies for
Catherine, More accepts the post because it will allow him to defend
his Church. (During his tenure as Lord Chancellor, More will lead
a campaign against heretics that includes banning heretical texts and
searching out and prosecuting--and even burning--heretics.)
|Spring 1530
Cranmer, at Henry's request, prepares a lengthy report demonstrating
the unlawfulness of the king's marriage. The report is submitted
to England's universities, which declare that the king's scruples are
probably justified.
|June 1530
convenes a meeting of lords and prelates to sign a letter to Pope
Clement asking that he grant the king's request for an annulment of his
marriage. More does not sign the document.
|September 1530
issues a proclamation preventing enforcement of any papal bull
inconsistent with his own view concerning the unlawfulness of his
present marriage. More openly expresses his disagreement with
Henry's action, believing it to be a direct attack on the authority of
|Late 1530
Cromwell, who will become More's chief nemesis, becomes a member of the
King's inner council. A lawyer named Christopher St. German
publishes an influential argument that the law of the realm should
preempt ecclesiastical law.
|Early 1531
angry King Henry summons the clergy to Westminster, where he demands
reimbursement for the costs of sending a delegation to Rome after it
failed to achieve its goal of securing an annulment of his
marriage. Henry also demands that he be recognized as the "sole
protector and supreme head of the English Church and clergy." In
the Parliament, John Fisher, the Bishop of Rochester, expresses strong
disagreement with giving this new title to Henry.
|March 1531
tells the House of Lords that Henry is seeking annulment of his
marriage not "out of love for some lady," but for reasons of conscience.
|Late May, 1531
group of royal councilors meets with Catherine and unsuccessfully
urges her to drop her opposition to the annulment of her marriage to
|July 11, 1531
separates from Catherine.
|February 1532
Cromwell, a bill is presented to Parliament that would deny payment to
Rome (in the form of "annates" by new bishops) in an attempt to put
pressure on the Pope to grant the annulment.
|March 1532
acting on behalf of the king, moves to limit the authority of the
Church (and More) to punish heretics.
|Early May 1532
prepares a bill to transfer powers of the Church to Parliament.
Cromwell also asks that the bishops be denied their longstanding
authority to arrest heretics--an action that More cannot stomach.
|May 15, 1532
accord with king's demands, the clergy submits, thus accepting that all
ecclesiastical law required royal consent. The submission
effectively makes Henry the head of the Church of England.
|May 16, 1532
returns to Henry a pouch containing the Great Seal of England, thereby
resigning from his position as Lord Chancellor of England. Henry
tells More, "For your service you have done me, you will find me a good
and gracious lord..."
|Summer 1532
Cranmer is chosen to be the new Archbishop of Canterbury.
|Winter 1533
secretly marries a pregnant Anne Boleyn.
|March 1533
presents to Parliament a proposed bill that declares England owes no
allegiance to "foreign princes or potentates" (including the Pope).
|April 1533
Parliament declares Henry's marriage to Catherine to have been
invalid. On April 12, Anne Boleyn is officially proclaimed
"Queene at Greenewych." The new queen is coronated at Westminster
Abbey. Thomas More, still serving as king's councilor, does not
attend the festivities, angering Henry. Bishop John Fisher, an
opponent of the king's marriage and his new role as head of the Church
of England, is arrested for unlawful preaching.
|Summer 1533
Cromwell begins an investigation into the activities of Thomas More.
|November 1533
Barton, a nun accused of treason who claimed to have visions about a
dire future for England because of Henry's marriage to Anne Boleyn,
confesses on the scaffold that her revelations were fraudulent.
More had visited Barton and the king's men were aware of their
|January 15, 1534
reconvenes. Almost immediately it takes up a number of bills
proposed by Cromwell for the king.
|February 1534
enacts the Act of Annates, which provides that bishops in England will
be selected by the king. Parliament also indicts Elizabeth Barton
for treason by a Bill of Attainder. A bill drafted by Cromwell
identifies Bishop Fisher and Thomas More as among her
accomplices. Cromwell requests More visit him for an informal
meeting on the issues of the king's marriage annulment and papal
supremacy. More reaffirms his belief in papal supremacy based, he
claims, on a writing of Henry himself. He adheres to a policy of
silence on the matter of the king's marriage.
|March 5, 1534
writes letters to Henry VIII and Thomas Cromwell stating his loyalty to
the king, denying any conspiracy with Barton, and expressing his desire
to see the king's interests furthered.
|March 1534
is called to appear before the king's commissioners. The
commissioners threaten More, and call him a "villainous" servant, but
depart without taking action against him.
|March 30, 1534
gives assent to an act of Parliament called the Act of
Succession. The Act declares the marriage of Henry and Catherine
void, and establishes a line of succession through the children of
Queen Anne. The Act also specifies various offenses, such as
"derogating" the royal family, to be treasonous. Most
significantly for More, the Act also requires all of the king's
subjects to take an oath promising to maintain "the whole effects and
contents of the present Act."
|April 12, 1534
leaving church, More is handed a summons to appear before the king's
commissioners at Lambeth Palace and take the oath of succession.
|April 13, 1534
leaves Chelsea for Lambeth after telling his family he will likely be
imprisoned. At Lambeth, More, when asked to take the oath,
requests to see both it and the Act of Succession. More tells the
commissioners that although he will deny nothing contained in the oath,
he would not swear to it. Asked a second time to take the oath
after being threatened with imprisonment, More again refuses to do
so--and also refuses to explain why he refuses to take the oath.
More is turned over to the Abbot of Westminster, who keeps him for
four days.
|April 17, 1534
More is imprisoned in the Tower of London.
imprisoned in the Tower, More writes a lengthy book entitled A Dialogue of Comfort Against Tribulation.
He also writes letters to his daughter, Margaret Roper, explaining his
decision to not take the oath.
|Nov. 1534- Early 1535
bill is introduced, and later enacted, called the Act of Supremacy,
which declares Henry to be the supreme head of the Church of
England. Also, Parliament considers, and eventually enacts, the
Treason Act which makes it a capital offense to "maliciously wish,
will, or desire, by words or writing" to deny to members of the royal
family their "dignity, title, or name of their royal estates."
Parliament also targets More with an Act of Attainder for "intending
to sow sedition" by his refusal to take the oath.
|May 2, 1535
meets with Cromwell and four others in a room at the Tower. He
was told that Henry VIII demanded his opinion on the recently enacted
Act of Supremacy. More said that he refused to "meddle" in such
affairs. Although told that the king would be merciful if he
consented to the Act, More says that his whole concern now is for his
living the best possible Christian life.
|Late May 1535
is angered to learn that the Pope has made Bishop Fisher, an outspoken
opponent of his marriage to Anne Boleyn, a cardinal.
|June 3, 1535
appears for a third interrogation before Cromwell and other councilors
of the king. He is asked to give an oath to the supremacy of
Henry as head of the Church of England, but he remains silent.
|June 1535
Richard Rich visits More's cell and takes away his books and writing
materials. Rich later will testify that during the course of his
visit, More, in responding to a hypothetical question, suggested that
Parliament had no more power to enact the Act of Supremacy than it did
to pass a law declaring God not to be God. More's statement, if
actually made, would violate the Treason Act because it denied the
king's title as the supreme head of the Church. (More later
denies ever making any such statement to Rich.) Two days later,
More is questioned by official investigators--a sort of preliminary
hearing for his trial.
|June 22, 1535
days after being convicted of treason, John Fisher is beheaded on Tower
|June 26, 1535
special commission is established to hear the case of Thomas More
|June 28, 1535
2000-word indictment accusing More of treason is presented to the
special commission.
|July 1, 1535
More is tried for treason in Westminster Hall. More pleads "not
guilty," and argues that he has never shown malice to the king or
violated the terms of the Treason Act. The king's attorney
contends that More's silence is evidence of "a corrupt and
perverse nature" and itself a violation of the Act. More replies
that under the law, silence should be taken as consent, not
disagreement. He also denies violating the Treason Act in letters
to Fisher or in his conversation with Richard Rich, who he calls a
liar. Rich testifies, however, that More in a conversation did
deny that Henry was the supreme head of the Church of England.
Two other witnesses present in the cell testify that they heard nothing
of the conversation in question. After one hour of deliberation,
the jury of twelve men finds More guilty. He is sentenced to be
hanged until "half dead," disemboweled, and burned.
|July 5, 1535
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letter composed in charcoal for his daughter Margaret. By this
time, he also knows that his sentence had been commuted by Henry from
disembowelment to beheading.
|July 6, 1535
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his executioner. He knelt down again, his face was covered with a
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Pizza stone vs. Pizza Screen
February 05, 2005, 10:51:12 PM »
Tonight I made two pizzas because I wanted to try out my new pizza screen. Up until tonight I've been working exclusively with a pizza stone and was anxious to experiment with the screen as well.
I would love to hear feedback from anyone with a preference on a screen vs. stone. Tonight's experiment yielded a much better pizza with the stone, but this was only my first attempt with the screen. Here are some differences between the two techniques I used tonight -
Pizza stone - with the pizza that I made with the stone, I put the stone on a lower level in my oven and used a tile "ceiling" to trap in the heat. The pizza was excellent and cooked almost perfectly (it's never TOTALLY perfect!!).
Pizza peel - I did not use the tile ceiling when cooking the second pizza on the pizza screen. I also cooked the pizza on a middle rack instead of a lower rack. The resulting crust was less crisp and a bit "tougher"in terms of chew. Also, the bottom part of the crust was overcooked, yet still lacked the crispiness of the pizza stone pizza.
I would love to hear from the proponents of the peel or the stone. Especially interested in any advice on how to get the peel to perform better.
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February 05, 2005, 10:56:04 PM »
pizza screen good - if used in a professional pizza place it's placed into the oven, which is 100 % tile which means amazing amount of heat..... so it's *almost* on the tile... so baking is great.
Screen in your oven..... at home, ..... without tile down......... nowhere near as good, there's no "sudden rush " of heat to the
bottom of the dough.... so it's not great.
Pizza stone ? ... wins all the time, your dough is exposed to the stone and is burnt to a crisp right away......
think of it this way, - which makes your finger pull back faster ? ..... putting it into a VERY hot oven for a few seconds, putting something in, or touching a HOT pizza stone...............
Pizza stone of course........ your finger sees the diff in temp, and jumps ! ... and so does the pizza dough.
Pizza stone wins hands down.
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Not me my stone is getting dusty in the closet. Screnns make great pizza if you use them without the stone on the very lowest rack.
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I use my screen in conjunction with a stone, with my oven, I find that it gives me the right amount of crispyness on the bottom. If I cook directly on the stone it burns to quickly, and if I use just a screen then the bottom doesn't get cooked enough. This is just my oven though. I have cooked pizzas in other peoples ovens with just a screen and had good results. FYi, I am using 6x6 1/2" unglazed quarry tiles in my oven.
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Hi "DuckJob" ... and again I'm not touching that nickname LOL
I wish I had the problem you do with the pie burning that fast..... if it touches the brick....
this brings up a good question........... do the tiles you are using hold that much more heat than my small 12" pizza stone ?
perhaps the overall sq.footage of tiles really puts out that much more heat, because there are so many more of them.
Kind of like when you go to the mall on a very hot day, - there's miles of paved parking lot, and the heat is so extreme..... perhaps
it's kind of the same thing......
I'm really thinking now of finally getting my butt into gear and getting my oven lined full of stone.....
thanks for the pic.
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February 06, 2005, 07:20:57 PM »
The size may have something to do with it. Also these tiles are about 1/2" thick, which is thicker than most pizza stones, at least the cheap one that I used to have. I've got them on the second to lowest rack, and the heating element is right underneath it which might have something to do with it. If you wanted to get tiles like that in your oven, just measure the space you need to cover and if there is a home depot around you, they will cut the tiles for you. I spent about $5 doing that to my oven. I work for HD though, so no tile cut charge for me
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February 06, 2005, 07:36:07 PM »
hey Brian,
I should get my butt over to HomeDepot.... and you are right about the thickness,
the pizza stone i have is pretty thin, in fact it cracked on the 2nd pizza back I did.
A buddy of mine bought tiles and said they were super cheap,,, so I should get some asap.
thanks for the info.
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I use either depending on mood. I like using them together quite a bit..
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February 07, 2005, 04:51:30 PM »
I abandoned tiles a number of years ago in favor of a piece of granite countertop (turned so the rough side is up) cut to fit the oven. If you go to a custom tile/countertop store they always have scraps they'll cut and sell you cheap. It's thicker than tile so holds the heat better, stronger than tile so lasts longer and is easier to insert/remove from the oven.
BTW, Mark, I got my SD300 yesterday!!
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Hi Ian !
good going on the SD300 !, you just bought a top rated camera !
Image quality is amazing, and so is video mode.
Btw, do NOT forget to go into "manual" mode and "P" for so many groovy functions !
I shoot in "P" on my PowerShot G2 all the time.... in "P" mode I can choose ISO 50, - this creates the least grainy images,
and is really good for prints....
Make sure to ALWAYS shoot at the highest resolution on your camera. - that's a basic rule anyone worth their salt will tell ya.
If you don't shoot at the highest res, then you are not taking advantage of the camera's strengths.
Also make sure you are shooting in at least "fine" mode ( compression ) Extra fine is the highest the camera will go and some say they
can tell the difference but I can't . I shoot in fine mode as "extra fine" will cut the number of images by half on your sd card.
What else.... oh yeah "P" mode enables you to "FORCE" the flash.....
In auto mode, the camera will shoot the flash when it sees fit, and won't shoot the flash if it thinks there is enough light.
Shooting in "P" mode enables you to "force" the flash - push the button so you see the flash symbol stay on your camera LCD.... now you can
shoot in an area where it may be light, but you want to make absolutely sure the flash fires.
A great example of this is when you shoot somebody against s a window........ without forcing the flash, the camera will shoot the image
without flash, and then your subject is dark, because the camera has detected the light from the window, and is fooled..... so it doesn't fire the flash.
anyway blah blah blah. You have fun with your new camera !
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i had some left over dough and was jonesing for some pizza tonight so i decided to make a 10 inch.
I left my stone at my parents house though when i was making the family pizza over there on superbowl.
All i had left was a crappy 12 pizza pan..
it actually came out awesome... i left it in the pan for about 75% of the bake time... then using a spatula i picked it up and put it direclty on the lower oven rack with no pan.. left it in another 5 minutes.
It came out nice and golden brown and crispy on the bottom, similar to how my stone cooks it but less dried out.
Is this similar to what i'd get if i just used a screen for the entire time?
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Skip to comments.Should politicians toe their church line?
Posted on 11/30/2003 3:07:00 PM PST by madprof98
Catholic bishops may punish those who vote contrarily
"Weaseling out" is what one Catholic bishop calls it, referring to the way some politicians will try to have it both ways on abortion personally taking a stand against it but voting for abortion rights anyway.
Earlier this month, at their national conference in Washington, D.C., the nation's bishops agreed to ask a task force to study whether the church should punish those Catholic politicians who vote contrary to church teachings on such issues as abortion, same-sex marriage and the death penalty.
The proposal raises questions about the relationship between religious belief and political stance, questions that always resonate in Utah, where the vast majority of politicians belong to The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints. Should a church expect its members to vote a certain way on moral issues? Should a politician who votes against the moral teachings of his religion be allowed to call himself a Catholic or Mormon or Muslim? How often do religions already chastise their members who are politicians?
The bishops' task force on sanctions is a response to a Vatican document last winter outlining the responsibilities of Catholics who are actively engaged in politics. That document, in turn, was apparently the result of longtime frustrations over the abortion-rights stances of high-profile politicians such as Sen. Edward Kennedy and presidential candidate Sen. John Kerry.
The Vatican message, says Bishop George Niederauer of the Catholic Diocese of Salt Lake City, was meant to encourage Catholics to see their conscience not just as a "private compartment" but something that influences the conduct of every aspect of their lives, including the way they vote.
Politicians and voters need to "come to grips with that compartmentalizing," says Niederauer. "I don't think personal convictions are like raisins in a cake and you can just pick them out." So a politician shouldn't say, for example, "I'm personally opposed to abortion but I can't impose my moral judgment on others." All of the teachings of the Catholic Church, he says, spring from a common foundation of believing in "the precious value of every individual human life."
On the question of punishment for politicians who vote contrary to church teachings, however, Niederauer is more equivocal. "I think we are a church that is concerned with salvation of souls and the welfare of human kind. So we're not eager to drum people out." The church needs to be patient and caring, he says, in the same way that a parent would be, seeking a dialogue with those politicians. Actual punishment would have to be decided on an individual basis, he says.
Punishments discussed at the national bishops conference included refusing to allow errant politicians to speak at Catholic institutions, not allowing them to receive the Holy Eucharist, and excommunication. Niederauer notes that his predecessor in Salt Lake City, who later became bishop of Sacramento, Calif., encouraged then- Gov. Gray Davis to abstain from receiving communion because of his abortion-rights stance, and that the bishop of Sioux Falls, S.D., told Sen. Tom Daschle to remove from official paperwork any mention of his being Catholic.
But politics is always the art of compromise, says Niederauer, quoting Pope John Paul II. In order to get legislation passed against capital punishment, for example, Catholic politicians may have to compromise on specific provisions. That, too, has to be taken into account.
Former legislator and mayoral candidate Frank Pignanelli remembers voting against a 1991 bill to restrict abortions in Utah because he thought the bill was unconstitutional. A few days after the vote, Pignanelli went to Mass at the Cathedral of the Madeleine and discovered that his bishop and two priests were waiting for him. "The priests said they were severely and dramatically disappointed in me," remembers Pignanelli, who was House minority leader. Later, the bishop invited Pignanelli and other Catholic legislators over for lunch to again express his disappointment in them.
Utah legislators who are Catholic are in a tough position, Pignanelli says, because the Catholic Church's position on abortion is even more conservative than the LDS position, yet many Catholics are Democrats who are often pro-choice and Catholic women tend to seek abortions at high rates.
What about LDS politicians? Are they expected to vote in accordance with church teachings on such issues as abortion and same-sex marriage? What about other issues the church might have a stake in, such as the development of the Crossroads Mall? Are LDS politicians ever called on the carpet by church leaders?
"I think the leadership makes a distinction between policy and practice," says University of Utah political science professor Ted Wilson. So someone like Massachusetts Gov. Mitt Romney, who is LDS, can come out as an abortion-rights candidate, "as long as he doesn't personally get involved with an abortion situation," says Wilson.
Church members, on the other hand, "perceive it in a more hard-line fashion," he says. An issue like abortion becomes a litmus test for candidates, he says. "Those (Mormon politicians) who are pro-choice don't worry about the church punishing them, but they're scared silly of the voter."
Wilson says he has never heard of politicians being chastised by church leaders because of a political position. Ditto, says Farmington Mayor Dave Connors, who once voted to keep the town's swimming pool open on Sundays.
"I never felt any pressure one way or the other from any church source on that issue," says Connors, who is LDS.
In describing his position on the pool closure, Connors uses the very phrase that infuriates Catholic bishops: "I said I wouldn't be in the pool on Sunday, but it's not my right to tell someone else what they should do on Sunday."
Connors, who notes that he spent the first half of his life as a Catholic, says the intersection of conscience, religion and politics is "an interesting dilemma, not just for the Catholic Church and the Mormon Church but for all religious leaders." And for politicians who are religious, he adds.
Do LDS politicians in Utah mostly just vote the way their church wants them to?
"Most elected officials feel there should be a separation of church and state," Connors says. "At the same time we are who we are. I was raised a certain way. I have certain values. There's no way I could say that my background doesn't affect how I analyze issues. That's a part of the package when you elect someone. You elect a person, not a conduit to express the majority views." Religion, he says, "is one of the many factors you fall back on as you analyze an issue. But in my mind that doesn't dictate a resolve."
Former state legislator Dave Thomas, who is LDS, says he hopes the Catholic Church doesn't adopt sanctions against maverick politicians. "I believe the Constitution is a sacred document. It calls for some real separation between church and state."
Salt Lake City Council member Jill Remington Love agrees.
"As elected officials we should feel free to vote our conscience," says Love, who is LDS. She recently voted on a council matter that went against a business concern of her church she voted to allow Nordstrom to move to The Gateway even though her church lobbied against the move and says no church leader called her later to complain. "I would be surprised to hear that an elected official (in Utah) has been called in or called on the carpet because of a vote." She adds, however, that "I think they (church leaders) do a good job of articulating their position on the front end."
"My father reminded me of a JFK quote," says Love, paraphrasing the words of President John F. Kennedy that a politician is elected to serve the people who elected him, not the church he belongs to.
"Coming from a community where we do have the presence of one religion that's very strong," says Love, "I've always hoped churches would show restraint when it comes to political issues. It's OK for any church to take a stand on moral issues, but they should let elected officials do their job."
NO if they disagree.
Should the church point this out? YES
And smack them down however they see fit.
Churches should expose and disavow any such shabby deluded liars.
I have just lately been discovering Bonhoeffer, the Lutheran Minister/Martyr who stood up to the German churches that failed to oppose Hitler. a timely quote..." A prison cell, in which one waits, hopes...and is completely dependent on the fact that the door of freedom has to be opened from the outside, is not a bad picture of Advent. "
Although Clark has his own set of issues.
That's antimonianist belief, not Catholic doctrine at all.
There really isn't any chance at all for Kennedy to "truly repent" anyway. His soul is already fully in the grasp of Satan, and that's just the way Ted likes it!
In that world, the only vote that would be satisfactory would be the amoral vote, because casting a vote consistent with a moral view would be an attempt to 'impose their religion's specific teachings on non-believers.'
That strikes me as something of a false dichotomy.
In this world, someone who claims to be Catholic, but doesn't vote Catholic, ought to be exposed as not being Catholic....i.e., kicked out, so the world knows his claims of Catholicity are faked.
Calm yourself, there was no statement of doctrine. It should be clear that Ted Kennedy could still go to heaven.
Gee's, talk about mastering the ability to pass the buck!
"Could" is the oprerative word in your statement.
He could also give up drinking.
I believe they formed a task force so they would develop a consistent method of dealing with these . . . problem children. If each bish does his own thing it can get confusing real quick for the flock.
And "hell could freeze over" too!
Task force? Consistency?
If there is an issue of concern, isn't the Bible at hand to help resolve such issues?
Alas, the Churches way of resolving issues can be confusing at times.
Canadian Prime Minister Taunts Church: "I Am A Catholic And For Abortion"
Catholic Church asks Tom Daschle to stop calling himself a Catholic
On Catholic Politicians and Faith
Vatican Urges Catholic Politicians to Vote Along Church Lines
Senator Santorum on Being Catholic and a Politician
William E. Simon, Sr. and Jr. Devout Catholics, Philanthropists and Politicians
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THE BISHOP AND THE SENATOR [author links to FR thread regarding Daschle in her online column]
Blood On Their Hands: Exposing Pro-abortion Catholic Politicians
MI Gov Granholm Proclaims June "Gay, Lesbian, Bisexual and Transgender Pride Month"
Colorado Governor To Media:'WE LOVE OUR CHURCH' [Gov. Bill Owens
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PRIEST REFUSES COMMUNION TO KNEELING PRO-LIFE POLITICIAN [Richard Black, Virginia]
Kerry [Catholic} says he'll filibuster Supreme Court nominees who do not support abortion rights
Pope to MPs: Stop gay marriage
Vatican - Considerations regarding ... homosexual persons
Prelate says politicians who back abortion shouldn't go to Communion
Bishop draws fire for targeting Chrétien
Kennedy likens Vatican stance on gay unions to 'bigotry' (oh, go get a job, you little creep)
Ignorance or Malicious Intent? "No religious Test shall ever be required as a Qualification to..."
George Weigel on Authentic Catholic Citizenship, and the Duty of Catholic Politicians to Behave as Catholics
Conservative Catholics urge Church to challenge "dissenters"
[Robert F., Jr.] Kennedy to speak at Festival of Faiths (Environmentalism as religion)
Catholic Bishops Eye Possible Crackdown of Pro-Abortion Pols
It is Time to Excommunicate the Politicians
Church vows to fight gay marriage: Catholics pressure pols
A politician who works the church for votes on Sunday morning and puts his religious affiliation all over his brochures, then votes against the tenets of his religion, is not only a liar, he's a traitor. He's getting a benefit from the church and then betraying it.
That's what you'd say about a man who was hired to work for a company, but sneaks around undermining his supposed employer and working for its largest competitor. Why should it be any different for politicians?
I am grateful for your generous invitation to state my views.
While the so-called religious issue is necessarily and properly the chief topic here tonight, I want to emphasize from the outset that I believe that we have far more critical issues in the 1960 election: the spread of Communist influence, until it now festers only ninety miles off the coast of Florida -- the humiliating treatment of our President and Vice President by those who no longer respect our power -- the hungry children I saw in West Virginia, the old people who cannot pay their doctor's bills, the families forced to give up their farms -- an America with too many slums, with too few schools, and too late to the moon and outer space.
These are the real issues which should decide this campaign. And they are not religious issues -- for war and hunger and ignorance and despair know no religious barrier.
But because I am a Catholic and no Catholic has ever been elected President, the real issues in this campaign have been obscured -- perhaps deliberately, in some quarters less responsible than this. So it is apparently necessary for me to state once again -- not what kind of church I believe in for that should be important only to me, but what kind of America I believe in.
I believe in an America where the separation of church and state is absolute -- where no Catholic prelate would tell the President (should he be a Catholic) how to act and no Protestant minister would tell his parishioners for whom to vote -- where no church or church school is granted any public funds or political preference -- and where no man is denied public office merely because his religion differs from the President who might appoint him or the people who might elect him.
I believe in an America that is officially neither Catholic, Protestant nor Jewish -- where no public official either requests or accepts instructions on public policy from the Pope, the National Council of Churches or any other ecclesiastical source -- where no religious body seeks to impose its will directly or indirectly upon the general populace or the public acts of its officials -- and where religious liberty is so indivisible that an act against one church is treated as an act against all.
For, while this year it may be a Catholic against whom the finger of suspicion is pointed, in other years it has been, and may someday be again, a Jew -- or a Quaker -- or a Unitarian -- or a Baptist. It was Virginia's harassment of Baptist preachers, for example, that led to Jefferson's statute of religious freedom. Today, I may be the victim -- but tomorrow it may be you -- until the whole fabric of our harmonious society is ripped apart at a time of great national peril.
Finally, I believe in an America where religious intolerance will someday end -- where all men and all churches are treated as equal -- where every man has the same right to attend or not to attend the church of his choice -- where there is no Catholic vote, no anti-Catholic vote, no bloc voting of any kind -- and where Catholics, Protestants and Jews, both the lay and the pastoral level, will refrain from those attitudes of disdain and division which have so often marred their works in the past, and promote instead the American ideal of brotherhood.
That is the kind of America in which I believe. And it represents the kind of Presidency in which I believe -- a great office that must be neither humbled by making it the instrument of any religious group, nor tarnished by arbitrarily withholding it, its occupancy from the members of any religious group. I believe in a President whose views on religion are his own private affair, neither imposed upon him by the nation or imposed by the nation upon him as a condition to holding that office.
I would not look with favor upon a President working to subvert the First Amendment's guarantees of religious liberty (nor would our system of checks and balances permit him to do so). And neither do I look with favor upon those who would work to subvert Article VI of the Constitution by requiring a religious test -- even by indirection -- for if they disagree with that safeguard, they should be openly working to repeal it.
I want a chief executive whose public acts are responsible to all and obligated to none -- who can attend any ceremony, service or dinner his office may appropriately require him to fulfill -- and whose fulfillment of his Presidential office is not limited or conditioned by any religious oath, ritual or obligation.
This is the kind of America I believe in -- and this is the kind of America I fought for in the South Pacific and the kind my brother died for in Europe. No one suggested then that we might have a "divided loyalty," that we did "not believe in liberty or that we belonged to a disloyal group that threatened "the freedoms for which our forefathers died."
And in fact this is the kind of America for which our forefathers did die when they fled here to escape religious test oaths, that denied office to members of less favored churches, when they fought for the Constitution, the Bill of Rights, the Virginia Statute of Religious Freedom -- and when they fought at the shrine I visited today -- the Alamo. For side by side with Bowie and Crockett died Fuentes and McCafferty and Bailey and Bedillio and Carey -- but no one knows whether they were Catholics or not. For there was no religious test there.
I ask you tonight to follow in that tradition, to judge me on the basis of fourteen years in the Congress -- on my declared stands against an ambassador to the Vatican, against unconstitutional aid to parochial schools, and against any boycott of the public schools (which I attended myself) -- and instead of doing this do not judge me on the basis of these pamphlets and publications we have all seen that carefully select quotations out of context from the statements of Catholic Church leaders, usually in other countries, frequently in other centuries, and rarely relevant to any situation here -- and always omitting of course, that statement of the American bishops in 1948 which strongly endorsed church-state separation.
I do not consider these other quotations binding upon my public acts -- why should you? But let me say, with respect to other countries, that I am wholly opposed to the state being used by any religious group, Catholic or Protestant, to compel, prohibit or prosecute the free exercise of any other religion. And that goes for any persecution at any time, by anyone, in any country.
And I hope that you and I condemn with equal fervor those nations which deny it to Catholics. And rather than cite the misdeeds of those who differ, I would also cite the record of the Catholic Church in such nations as France and Ireland -- and the independence of such statesmen as de Gaulle and Adenauer.
But let me stress again that these are my views -- for, contrary to common newspaper usage, I am not the Catholic candidate for President [but the candidate] who happens also to be a Catholic.
I do not speak for my church on public matters -- and the church does not speak for me.
Whatever issue may come before me as President, if I should be elected -- on birth control, divorce, censorship, gambling, or any other subject -- I will make my decision in accordance with these views, in accordance with what my conscience tells me to be in the national interest, and without regard to outside religious pressure or dictate. And no power or threat of punishment could cause me to decide otherwise.
But if the time should ever come -- and I do not concede any conflict to be remotely possible -- when my office would require me to either violate my conscience, or violate the national interest, then I would resign the office, and I hope any other conscientious public servant would do likewise.
But I do not intend to apologize for these views to my critics of either Catholic or Protestant faith, nor do I intend to disavow either my views or my church in order to win this election. If I should lose on the real issues, I shall return to my seat in the Senate satisfied that I tried my best and was fairly judged.
But if this election is decided on the basis that 40,000,000 Americans lost their chance of being President on the day they were baptized, then it is the whole nation that will be the loser in the eyes of Catholics and non-Catholics around the world, in the eyes of history, and in the eyes of our own people.
But if, on the other hand, I should win this election, I shall devote every effort of mind and spirit to fulfilling the oath of the Presidency -- practically identical, I might add with the oath I have taken for fourteen years in the Congress. For, without reservation, I can, and I quote "solemnly swear that I will faithfully execute the office of President of the United States and will preserve, protect, and defend the Constitution so help me God."
Source: New York Times, September 13, 1960.
The United Methodist Women gave money (raised through "undesignated giving" )to lobby Bill Clinton to veto the ban on partial birth abortion. Many churches, under pressure from vocal radicals within their membership sponsor "social justice" agendas that have nothing to do with following Christ.
It is one of the strange quirks of Christianity that the Church thrives most when its members are willing to stand up to opposition and share in the suffering of Christ through persecution. In fact, if Christians are not facing persecution in this world, then we are probably not doing our job.
Although I am not a big fan of "bumper sticker theology" it is still a good question: "If you were accused of being a Christian, would there be enough evidence to convict you?"
For men like Thomas More and Deitrich Bonhoeffer, the answer in their times, was "yes."
The guy who's the origin of the "leave my faith (if any) at the door" philosophy? Ew . . .
What's that supposed to mean?
It has been found that "finances before conviction" has been a promoted concern with religious "foundations" in the past.
We are getting into unknown territory. But the traditional belief is that Purgatory is the place where venial sins and the remaining effects of confessed mortal sins are purged away. If you die with mortal sins on your head, you are in trouble. And there are few worse sins than being responsible for the murder of thousands of innocents.
Even this could be confessed and repented. I have no idea what the state of Kennedy's soul is, but it's also a traditional belief that if you confess sins with no real contrition and no intention of amending your ways, the confession is valueless. Kennedy obviously intends to keep voting for abortion every chance he gets, so it probably would do little or no good for him to confess his past sins in this area until he resolves to change his ways.
And you consider him a role model for sacrificing his religion for power?
But if they want to call themselves Catholic they had better adhere to core Church doctrines. We're talking about a small handful of issues - not supplemental MOhair funding. Or even the war in Iraq.
Otherwise they probably need to consider another denomination more amenable to their views.
I know that I'd have to think seriously about voting for any politician who states that he will follow the dictates of his religion's prelate in matters of public policy. That means I'd have to study that religion's teachings on all the issues that might be involved in government as well as the specific prelate's views. It'd be easier just to vote for the prelate directly.
If politicians are going to toe the line of their religion, then their religion must become a part of the political campaign.
Oh give it a rest on the "Kennedys guy their annulments' garbage! If you are familiar at all with the Sacrament of Marriage in the Catholic Church, you'll understand that with every one of the Kennedy men, there was never a true marriage because NONE of them ever intended to be faithful to their spouses! They philandered continually, but the public never knew about it because the press kept their secrets.
If either party can be shown to have entered into the Sacrament not intending to abide by the promises made, there is no Sacrament, thus no marriage, thus, grounds to begin the nullification process. Their Civil marriage is handled by the divorce, the pronouncement that there was never a religious marriage is handled by the annulment.
As for the Bishops kissing up to politicians, well they are politicians too, as well as shepherds for their flocks. I just wish they'd start being LESS political and more pastoral!
Hey, maybe I oughta start using that nifty spell checker! Guy = BUY!
No one has suggested anything of the kind.
If politicians are going to toe the line of their religion, then their religion must become a part of the political campaign.
You're weird. Many, even most, politicians feature their religious faith in their campaigns. But I think you're suggesting that anyone who actually believes the teachings of their religion should be regarded with extreme skepticism. That's anti-religious bigotry. Nice that you're honest about it. But it's scary.
No one is suggesting that. Premarital sex, for example. Sinful, not illegal. And no one is suggesting otherwise. Why don't you try addressing the issue at hand?
No, I'm not weird. I try to be an informed voter. If Candidate A says "I'm a good Catholic and will follow the precepts of my religion," then even if he does not run on a platform of anti-contraception I'd have to assume that he'd be anti-contraception anyway. It is not anti-religious bigotry to make that connection and vote one way or another depending on what the candidate's beliefs, whether specifically enunciated or implicit in his faith.
If you are in favor of a strong national defense and one candidate is a devout Quaker, isn't that going to affect your voting even if that candidate never directly refers to war in his campaign, based on the fact that Quakers are pacifists?
"I know that I'd have to think seriously about voting for any politician who states that he will follow the dictates of his religion's prelate in matters of public policy"
The implication is that you wouldn't think seriously about voting for someone who follows an unknown or changing philosophy that can't be researched? That would be fine? But someone who is religious, you gotta check them out real close? That's anti-religious. If you care about the Catholic candidate's opposition to handing out contraceptives to kids, for example, you should also care where his opponent stands on the issue. Otherwise you're just scared of, biased against (etc.) religious people.
Obviously a candidate's philosophy is a major thing to vote on. But you're saying you'd need to closely scrutinize religious people in particular.
No, the topic just happens to be religious candidates. If a candidate said "I follow the precepts of Ayn Rand [or Karl Marx or fill in the blank]," then I'd equally want to find out what those precepts are.
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