Kelly Clarkson Sings Ave Maria For Pope Benedict XVI

Your Sunday Special:

She performed for the Pope, and the 25,000 young Catholics who flocked to Yonkers, NY to see him.

Pope Benedict XVI Arrives At White House

I’ve been looking for the video of the Marine band playing the *jingoistic* Battle Hymn of the Republic for the Pope, but haven’t been able to find it. Rush has been playing it on his show, and can’t stop gushing about it.

It’s one of my favorite hymns, too.

See Pope Coverage to stay up to date on the Pontiff’s visit.

Here’s a video from The Catholic News Agency:

Blech…You can see how Catholic dissidents are reacting to the Pope’s visit at The Catholic League.

A few charming examples:

The National Coalition of American Nuns, a pro-abortion group, says the pope is not welcome

· The Women’s Ordination Conference played a game of make-believe by having women dress up like priests to say Mass

· Catholics for a Free Choice, an anti-Catholic front group, is hawking condoms and wants no one to leave home without one

Compare these weirdos to the families out on the White House Lawn singing Happy Birthday to their beloved pope.

Sometimes, it’s not too tough to “separate the wheat from the chaff”, is it?

The Anchoress is also covering the Pope’s visit, as only she can.

UPDATE:

Rush Limbaugh has the video of the Marine band playing Battle Hymn of the Republic.

Thanks, Patty Ann!

Pope Coverage

For those of you who are interested:

Zenit, The World Seen From Rome has continuous coverage of the Popes visit to America.

See also Joan’s Rome, and Raymond Arroyo both from EWTN.

Here’s The White House Website with the itinerary of the Pope’s visit.

Hat tip: Kathryn Jean Lopez, The Corner.

Atheism’s Dupes

Sam Harris, author of “The End of Faith: Religion, Terror and the Future of Reason” and “Letter to a Christian Nation,” has graced the LA Times with an anti-religion oped entitled: “God’s Dupes - Moderate believers give cover to religious fanatics — and are every bit as delusional”.

First of all, I have to ask, how the hell can they be, “God’s dupes”, if there is no God, as he continually argues??? And what is it about militant atheists that they can’t refrain from the insults?

Thank Gaia, there are great Christian minds out there that revel in responding to these ever increasing insults against Christianity, such as The Anchoress, and our Curmudgeon Emeritus, Francis W. Porretto of Eternity Road.

The anchoress asks the same question, I did, albeit more elegantly:

“God’s Dupes?” If you’re arguing against religion and theism why would you begin an essay by acknowledging in your title that there is a (Capital G) God and that he is a Duper who has in his grip a legion of Dupees? If you’re committed to the idea of disavowing the existance of God, any God, particularly the nefariously “Iron Age” God-of-Abraham, who has begot so many troublesome children, dupes, why not call it, “The Dupes of Blather,” or “Gadzooks, these Dupes!”

Harris’ oped comes in the wake of Pete Stark’s (D-CA) announcement
that he does not believe in God, and is used as another opportunity to impugn the religious:

The truth is, there is not a person on Earth who has a good reason to believe that Jesus rose from the dead or that Muhammad spoke to the angel Gabriel in a cave. And yet billions of people claim to be certain about such things.

The Anchoress responds:

Many millions of people are absolutely certain that the world will end in precisely 30 years - and it will all be man’s fault - unless we start buying carbon offsets from Al Gore and David Cameron. Faith is a funny thing. As a Christian I don’t demand that anyone believe as I believe, and yet some religions - largely the secularist ones - insist that I believe as they do.

You’ll want to read her entire post. but her main point is well taken:

Harris’ essay simply shows me that religion is religion, even if people don’t want to admit it, or if they want to call it something else. Secular Humanism is a religion. So is fervent Atheism. And as religions, they are subject to fundamentalist interpretation, just like every other religion.

Who are the real dupes, here?

Our Curmudgeon Emeritus takes exception to Mr. Harris’ arguments too, in a perfectly cordial and gentlemanly way, of course:

Sam Harris, author of The End of Faith and Letter To A Christian Nation, has made it his life’s work to undermine the religious faith of as many Americans as he can possibly intimidate. Why? The reasons are unknown. They might include any number of things: abuses at the hands of religious parents, mistreatment by religious educational authorities, or his extreme dismay at discovering that Catholic high school girls don’t “put out” that easily after all. But his motivations are less interesting than his tactics. To achieve the atheization of America, Harris has chosen as his tools:

• Treating all faiths as equivalent;
• Denigrating the intelligence of religious persons;
• Impugning their honesty.

A new Lincoln walks among us! Perhaps one really can catch more flies with a gallon of gall. At any rate, Sam Harris is the right man to be the test case.

Read on with satisfaction as Fran dissects and dismisses the arguments.

I.R.S. Investigating United Church Of Christ Because Of Obama Speech

Oh my! This is very awkward for the Obama campaign.

An open letter (posted by The American Spectator) from Jeffrey Lord, a member of the UCC in Pennsylvania, to Obama, details Obama’s visit to a UCC celebration, last June, his flagrant disregard for well known, and specific rules that regulate the appearances of political candidates campaigning in front of church audiences, and the legal ramifications thereof.

The invitation was extended to Obama, (a UCC member himself) to speak before the UCC’s General Synod during the church’s 50th anniversary celebration in Hartford, CT. , well before he became a candidate for the Democratic presidential nomination.

Jeffrey Lord, although conservative, originally thought the choice of Obama was a good one, but when Obama made his formal announcement that he was running for POTUS, he changed his tune:

The moment your status as a candidate changed, both you and the UCC had two options. One, you could have gracefully refused the invitation, citing the Johnson law and your candidacy. Or the church could simply have withdrawn the invitation to you on the same grounds. Two, the church could have easily complied with the IRS rules under the Johnson law by simply inviting your competitors for the Democratic nomination. Yes, you would have been sharing the spotlight, but under the circumstances that shouldn’t have been too much to ask of you.

In the event, neither of these options — withdrawal or inviting other candidates — was taken. And so you went to Hartford. Almost immediately you violated IRS rules, discussing your presidential candidacy from what, under the circumstances, meets the legal definition of a pulpit. Addressing some 10,000 of our religious brethren you said:

“It’s been several months now since I announced I was running for president. In that time, I’ve had the chance to talk with Americans all across this country. And I’ve found that no matter where I am, or who I’m talking to, there’s a common theme that emerges. It’s that folks are hungry for change — they’re hungry for something new. They’re ready to turn the page on the old politics and the old policies — whether it’s the war in Iraq or the health care crisis we’re in, or a school system that’s leaving too many kids behind despite the slogans.”

Further on, you said this:

“I have made a solemn pledge that I will sign a universal health care bill into law by the end of my first term as president that will cover every American and cut the cost of a typical family’s premiums by up to $2,500 a year.”

The statement on health care is what’s known in the trade as a campaign promise, and you made it from a UCC pulpit.

Pretty brazen if you ask me.

UNSURPRISINGLY, ALL OF THIS resulted in a complaint being filed with the IRS following your presentation. In addition to your speech and the stories featured by the UCC’s own website, the complaint cites numerous media accounts describing your appearance as a campaign event. This is bolstered by photographs of volunteers manning Obama campaign tables at the entrance to the Civic Center, volunteers who were then ushered inside for the oldest of campaign rituals — a photo op with the candidate.

As a direct result of your actions, this last week the UCC — our mutual denomination — has now been notified officially by the IRS that it is under investigation.

Our national church suddenly stands in danger of losing its tax exempt status — because of you.

Read on…it’s a long letter, but well worth the read. It will be interesting to see if there’s any political fallout from all of this.

Via Hot Air Headlines

Rosaries Banned In Schools

How unfortunate. Apparently gangs have adopted this Catholic prayer tool as “part of their look”, so educators and public safety officials consider rosaries to be one more marker to track suspicious activity. And many schools have banned students from wearing them.

Recently this case in Oregon received nationwide attention:

Never did Jaime Salazar imagine that wearing a rosarylike crucifix to school would provoke a national stir.

But when the 14-year-old and his 16-year-old friend Marco Castro were suspended recently for refusing to remove the religious beads because they were “gang-related,” it thrust Oregon into the headlines and has triggered questions over the evolving role of rosaries in religion, fashion and street gangs.

Rosaries are not necklaces, and are not meant to be worn as such. But what one of the boys was wearing was apparently a crucifix, which is meant to be worn around the neck.

In Albany, Salazar said he knows exactly what a rosary is, and that’s not what he was wearing. It was a baby blue, beaded crucifix, he said, that makes him think of his mother.

Salazar said his problems began Feb. 15 after breakfast when Principal Chris Equinoa asked him to put away the crucifix, which he was wearing as a necklace.

“He told me it was a rosary, and it was gang-related,” said Salazar, who now carries the crucifix in his pocket. “I told him ‘No, it’s not a rosary. It’s a necklace and it’s Catholic.’ “

When Equinoa asked him to go to the office, Salazar said he went home. Later, he received a letter notifying him he was suspended for five days for defiance and gang-related behavior.

Marco Castro did not return calls for comment, but he told the local Albany paper that Equinoa approached him Feb. 14 about his rosary, a white string of beads with a cross and an image of the Virgin Mary. He put it away but wore it the next day, then refused to remove it. He was suspended for three days.

More to the story?

Officials at South Albany High School, where Salazar and Castro returned to school last week, said policy prevents them from offering details about the suspensions.

“There’s more to the story, but because the boys are minors, we can’t talk about it,” said Jim Haggart, assistant to the superintendent for the Greater Albany Public School District.

I really don’t want to dwell on this one particular case, wherever the truth lies.

I just think schools are too heavy handed when it comes to these sorts of anti-gang fashion edicts.

Several years ago, bandanas became popular for girls to wear on their heads for the first time since I was a girl. I thought it was a cute trend, as there were many colors and designs to choose from, and it was a always a good choice for those bad hair days. Well, before long, the school put an abrupt end to the bandana trend by banning them because they were “gang related”. My oldest daughter was in the third grade at the time. Her little sister was in kindergarten. I don’t know how little K-6th grade school girls in a fairly conservative suburb could ever be confused with being gang members, but that was (and still is) the policy. And it’s silly.

Surrounded by rosaries at The Rosary Shop in McMinnville, shop owner Seth Murray is troubled by the idea of such a sacred symbol associated with gangs.He said public officials should focus on behavior, not rosaries.

“If someone is engaged in violence, it doesn’t matter whether they’re wearing a rosary,” he said. “You should not seek people out for that reason.”

I’m with that guy. And this guy, too, (even if he is from the ACLU):

David Fidanque, executive director of the American Civil Liberties Union of Oregon says educators should proceed with caution. Their intentions may be valid, but they run the risk of violating students’ rights, he said.

“When it comes to restricting any form of expression, school officials have a pretty high bar to cross,” he said. “They better have very specific evidence that’s more than just a hunch.”

Again, rosaries are not even meant to be worn around the neck, and most people who do it are doing so to make a fashion statement. But I’m not sure that it’s the school’s place to take a position on its usage. And it would help if school administrators could tell the difference between a crucifix and a rosary. They are most certainly impeding on a student’s religious rights by banning the wearing of a crucifix.

Obama Campaign v.s. Politico

The Politico has come under fire by the Obama campaign for an article posted on Saturday, originally called, Obama Support Soft Among Catholics, but changed to Obama Slow To Gain Among Catholics, to (apparently) placate angry campaign workers. But the difference in the two titles is a subtle one, and the fact remains that Catholic voters have been voting in larger numbers for Hillary, (which is disturbing, in and of itself).

In How The Sausage Gets Made, the Politico gives us the play by play of the behind the scenes turmoil that took place almost immediately after the article was published; most notably a call from the combative deputy communications director Dan Pfeiffer:

Mahtesian, who has written about national politics for nearly two decades, said Sunday he was taken aback by Pfeiffer’s bellicose tone.

“Who are you? I’ve never heard of you. What’s your background?” Pfeiffer demanded to know, Mahtesian recalled.

Some more phone calls and email exchanges ensued with different members of the Obama campaign. The Politico changed the headline, but stood behind the story.

By Sunday, Pfeiffer was having second thoughts about the conversation the night before. In an e-mail to Mahtesian, with me copied, he apologized if asking about Mahtesian’s background came out the wrong way.

“I was not questioning anyone’s credentials or trying to be a jerk for the sake of being a jerk,” Pfeiffer wrote. “I remain convinced that the story is based on a fundamentally flawed logic [because] it suggests that we have a problem with voters because they are Catholic, when instead the more likely and obvious conclusion is that the groups we have always trailed Clinton with (most notably Latino voters) are disproportionately Catholic and the groups that overwhelming support Obama (most notably African Americans) are disproportionately not Catholic. My point was that there is scant evidence that someone’s Catholicism is determinative of their choice in the election. Having said all that, I appreciate the willingness to listen and make some changes to the story including adding Roemer’s voice to the story. I will now leave you guys alone about this.”

Now, I realize the Obama team prides itself on its ability to win religious votes. But I must disagree with Pfeiffer’s contention that someone’s Catholicism is not determinative of their choice in the election.I don’t know if I can speak for Catholic Democrats. Whenever a I hear that a Catholic is a Democrat, I want to say, “But I thought you were Catholic”. I tend to think that these are your “Social Justice Catholics”, (who really mean well, but don’t seem to know about the 5 non-negotiables*), “cafeteria Catholics”, and “twice a year if at all Catholics”. But I suspect, that however liberal a Catholic may be, his Catholic conscience can’t abide this:

Not only did Barack Hussein Obama oppose the partial birth abortion ban, he voted against a bill in the Illinois legislature that would have required medical care for aborted babies who survive an abortion.

I’m heartened to hear that liberal Catholics are balking at voting for Obama, who for them, is otherwise, a very attractive candidate.

*In voting for people, there are THE FIVE NON-NEGOTIABLE ISSUES

These five issues are called non-negotiable because they concern actions that are always morally wrong and must never be promoted by the law. It is a serious sin to endorse or promote any of these actions, and no candidate who really wants to advance the common good will support any of the five non-negotiables.

1. Abortion

2. Euthanasia

3. Fetal Stem Cell Research

4. Human Cloning

5. Homosexual Marriage

Just sayin’.

Obama Team Claims They’re Winning The Religious Vote

This is from CBN News. And it’s bad news for John McCain:

The Brody File has received a document from Barack Obama’s religious outreach team showing statistics that they say prove Obama is a hit with religious voters.

The document rattles off exit poll numbers state by state suggesting that he has a “broad appeal whether voters attend church weekly or occasionally” and he, “appeals to people across faith and belief lines: Christian and Jewish; Protestant and Catholic.”

Some of their stats:

New Hampshire

37 % of those who attend church weekly voted for Obama (32% HRC)

South Carolina

64% of those who attend church more than weekly voted for Obama (23% HRC)

Alabama

61% of those who attend church more than weekly voted for Obama (36% HRC)

Georgia:

69% of those who attend church more than weekly voted for Obama (29% HRC)

71% of those who attend church monthly voted for Obama (29% HRC)

Missouri59% of those who attend church weekly voted for Obama (40% HRC)

Etc. Etc.Etc….you get the idea. David Brody says:

Obama may be more liberal than John McCain but he enjoys talking about his faith in Jesus Christ. That is a big deal to some and this is a storyline that will be a big deal as time goes on.

There is an antidote for this. It’s called information. Information these church going folks may not know…… like for instance, Obama’s extreme and grotesque voting record on abortion.

McCain needs to hit Obama with this, and hit him hard. McCain has nothing to be ashamed of, here:

Though the Arizona senator and all-but-certain Republican presidential nominee doesn’t detail his voting record on the campaign trail, an examination reveals a striking opposition to abortion in most of the major fights such as partial-birth abortion down to the smallest of skirmishes, even when he was in a distinct minority.

So there’s that.

And then there’s his Socialistic leanings. The last time I checked, Socialism was an atheistic doctrine. …How about introducing us to his pastor, whose Trinity United Church of Christ chose to honor Nation of Islam leader Louis Farrakhan with an award, last year.

I wonder what most Evangelicals will think of that when they hear it?

I think this may be a case of the voting public not yet knowing everything they need to know about the candidate. That’s why McCain will have to at some point start educating people with some hard hitting campaign ads.

I don’t care what the pollsters say…he’s going to have to go negative.

A Dork Behind Mitt’s Problems With Evangelicals

The first thing you notice about this guy, is the hair…Then he opens his mouth and a steady stream of Morman-bashing ensues.
Meet Bill Keller….(not NYT’s Executive Editor) but the founder of Bill Keller Ministries:

Bill was raised in the United Methodist Church and asked Jesus Christ into his heart at age 12, feeling a call of God into the ministry at a young age. Bill’s life became sidetracked while attending Ohio State when he started a small business that became very successful.

God got Bill’s attention in 1989 when he became involved in insider trading of the stock market, was convicted, lost everything, and spent the next 2 1/2 years in Federal Prison. Shortly after going into prison, Bill rededicated his life to the Lord, received an undergraduate degree in biblical studies from Liberty University in Lynchburg, Virginia, and was discipled by two precious charismatic couples.

And here is his website, A Vote For Romney Is A Vote For Satan.

There’s a lot of crazy there, but all you need to do to get a good handle on the guy is watch this interview he did with O’Reilly:

The twisted logic of his position is exposed at the very start of the interview:

When O’Reilly asks him if he would object to a Catholic or Jewish person running for president, Keller answers, “Not at all Bill, that’s not what this is about”.

But that doesn’t really square with his explanation that he’s only interested in the “spiritual welfare” of people. You see, he’s worried that a Mormon as President would lead people to convert in greater numbers to his “cult”….damning their own souls to hell.

But what do Evangelicals believe about Jews? Aren’t they doomed as well, because they don’t accept Jesus Christ as their savior? So really, wouldn’t it be logically consistent for him to object to a Jew, as well? I have no idea what his particular sect believes about Catholics…but I do know there are more than a few Fundamentalists out there who believe we are going to hell for what we believe, too. So a Catholic wouldn’t be acceptable in this case, either.

What madness. This is almost Westboro Baptist Church territory.

Keller then has the audacity to condescendingly explain that he doesn’t tell people who to vote for and who not to vote for….even as his website proclaims that “A vote for Romney is a vote for Satan“.

Call me crazy, but my guess is that most of his “flock” would consider that a fairly strong indication of who they shouldn’t vote for.

Romney never had a chance with jack-holes like this out there.

Anti-American Commies - God How I Hate Them

Here they are at work, disrupting a 9/11 Commemoration at San Francisco State College, a non political, joint effort put on by both college Republicans and Democrats:

You know what galls me the most about this? How this anti-war, anti-American propaganda spread by commies and Islamists filters down to other more innocuous, and religious based groups that are naturally prone to dislike war.

This exhibit recently visited my church, (on a much smaller scale). A rep. from the group was taking petitions to send to congress.

I can’t tell you how appalled I was….. how stupid, how wrong headed, what bad timing (we are close to winning or arguably have won the war in Iraq)……what strange bedfellows.

It frustrates me so.

Justice Dept. To Sponser Islamist Convention

I really, really wish this was just Uncle Jimbo from Blackfive, goofing again, but the source is The Washington Times, which is really quite impeccable.

The Justice Department is co-sponsoring a convention held by the Islamic Society of North America (ISNA) — an unindicted co-conspirator in an ongoing federal terrorist funding case — a move that is raising concerns among the Justice’s rank and file.

I should say…

 the sponsorship will involve sending government lawyers to man a booth for the Labor Day weekend event in Illinois.

You can learn more about the ISNA at Discover The Networks:

ISNA focuses heavily on providing Wahhabi theological indoctrination materials to a large percentage of the 2,500+ mosques in North America. Many of these mosques were recently built with Saudi money and are required, by their Saudi benefactors, to strictly follow the dictates of Wahhabi imams – an edict that affects the tone and content of the sermons given in the mosques, the selection of books and periodicals that may be read in mosque libraries or sold in mosque bookshops, and the policies governing the exclusion or suppression of dissenters from the congregations.

Gateway Pundit has an excellent example of Saudi Wahhabi theological love, being practiced in Mecca.

What. the. hell. are they thinking?

Atheist-Chic

Religion is becoming increasingly passe, and laughable according to liberal elites, who are bound and determined to drill into our heads, and especially into our children’s heads, that there is no God.

There have been a whole slew of anti-Religious books of late: God Is Not Great: How Religion Poisons Everything, by Christopher Hitchens, The God Delusion, by Richard Dawkins, God: The Failed Hypothesis, How Science Shows That God Does Not Exist, by Victor J Stenger, Letter To A Christian Nation, by Sam Harris, and Atheist Universe: The Thinking Person’s Answer to Christian Fundamentalism, by David Mills.

Whew! They’re getting downright evangelistic in their zeal to spread the atheist word. I get the feeling that they’re attempting some kind of Atheistic juggernaut.

At least a couple of the books seem to focus on Christianity, just judging from the titles, which doesn’t surprise me, because I’ve been sensing a growing amount of vitriol towards Christians, in particular, by leftists. But I haven’t read them, and I won’t read them, because they don’t interest me. What interests me, is that these people feel the need to write these books.

And now, we have a new Documentary in the works by noted atheist, Bill Maher, which will show us all, how stupid, crazy, and dangerous, believing in God is.

“Religulous” (as in ridiculous) will attempt to poke fun at what Maher feels is the absurdity and inherently comical nature of most organized religions. “I think it’s going to release a great torrent of energy,” Maher says.

Charming, no?

Bill Maher does not want a “person of faith” in the White House.

I, on the other hand, just want a conservative in the White House. If the most conservative nominee happens to be an atheist, so be it. I will vote for him.

But I’m the fundamentalist because I’m a devout Catholic.

You can see Maher talking about the film on Larry King, here.

An excellent essay on the Hitchens book, here.

H/T: Patty Ann

Ahmadinejad: No Salvation For Mankind But Rule Of Islam Over Mankind

Iranian President, Mahmoud Ahmadinejad, held talks with his Afghan counterpart, Hamid Karzai, on the first leg of a tour that will also take him to Turkmenistan and Kyrgyzstan. It was his first visit to Afghanistan since he was elected president.

Kabul’s main ally, the United States, recently alleged that Iranian-made weapons were reaching the Taleban.

“The same allegations are made in Iraq. They are saying that they discover some weapons,” Mr Ahmadinejad said at a press conference he addressed jointly with President Karzai.

“What is the reason? Why are they saying such things? Iran is a big country. I have serious doubts about this issue,” he said.

Why indeed would they say such things! The nerve of them!

Mr. Karzai, who has accepted large amounts of aid from Iran, tried to play the peacemaker:

If Afghanistan can bring them [Iran and the United States] closer, that will be a great happiness for Afghanistan - but it depends on both sides,” he said.

Mahmoud got a little weird at the joint press conference:

“There is no truth on earth but monotheism and following tenets of Islam and there is no way for salvation of mankind but rule of Islam over mankind,” he said.

Hey, what ev’s.

He also mimicked Western lefties with some cute peace and love/social justice type tripe. This could have been written by Cindy Sheehan:

“Those who only believe in using weapons to solve problems of mankind are deeply mistaken.”

“Mankind’s problems should be solved through negotiations and observing justice.”

“Imposing unjust systems by certain powers are another cause of terrorism,” President Ahmadinejad said adding, “The fight against terrorism requires a collective will and a serious move.”

Anyone want to venture a guess about whom he means by “certain powers”?

H/T: Gateway Pundit

Whoops!

It looks like the Bush Administration just negated all of Ahmadinejad’s peace and justice talk by officially labeling Iran’s Revolutionary Guard, “specially designated global terrorists”.

The main goal of the new designation is to clamp down on the Revolutionary Guard’s vast business network, as well as on foreign companies conducting business linked to the military unit and its personnel. The administration plans to list many of the Revolutionary Guard’s financial operations.

“Anyone doing business with these people will have to reevaluate their actions immediately,” said a U.S. official familiar with the plan who spoke on the condition of anonymity because the decision has not been announced. “It increases the risks of people who have until now ignored the growing list of sanctions against the Iranians. It makes clear to everyone who the IRGC and their related businesses really are. It removes the excuses for doing business with these people.”

Wow, it’s about time!

More about this at Hot Air

H/T: Ace of Spades HQ

Soldier Literally Saved By Bible

 PFC Brendan Schweigart, 22, told his mother he always carried a Bible into battle. Little did he know, it would save his life. -Breitbart

Watch the video.

UK Students Told To Write, “There Is No God But Allah”…

It was a handwriting exercise for ten year olds.

ANGRY parents have blasted a teacher for telling ten-year-olds to copy a Muslim prayer saying “There is no God but Allah”.Helen Green is said to have picked the Muslim call to prayer as HAND-WRITING practice.

It includes the lines “Allah is the greatest” and “I bear witness that there is no God but Allah”.

The deputy head of the School in Wakefield, West Yorks acknowledged that it was a “sensitive issue” , but no change in the policy was mentioned, at least in The Sun article.

Three of the 7/7 suicide bombers came from Leeds, 15 miles away.

A quick perusal of the article’s comments showed 0% support for the school.

Here are some of the best:

Sack him (I like it because it’s pithy, however, the deputy head of the school responsible for this, is a female).

Such open and deliberate corruption is highly offensive especially in light of existing conflicts.

with kids getting fatter these days why not use the time for an extra PE lesson instead.

The end is nigh and we are all doomed.

And my favorite because it’s so true:

Perhaps the teacher should get a job in Pakistan or Saudi Arabia and instruct the pupils to write ” Jesus is the son of God” purely as a hand writing exercise, and see how long his head rema …