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| − | + | <let name=data index=Date>2008-07-24</let> | |
| − | + | <let name=data index=Source>Catholic League (US)</let> | |
| − | + | <let name=data index=Topics>\PZ Myers\2008 sacred wafer scandal\Catholic League (US)\Bill Donohue</let> | |
| − | + | <let name=data index=URL>http://www.catholicleague.org/release.php?id=1465</let> | |
| + | <let name=data index=Title>Myers Desecrates the Eucharist</let> | ||
| + | <let name=data index=Text>“[[Catholic League (US)|Catholic League]] president [[Bill Donohue]] responded as follows: | ||
<section begin=Donohue_quote />“A formal complaint against [[PZ Myers|Myers]] has already been made. What he did – in both word and deed – constitutes a bias incident, as defined by the [[University of Minnesota]]. The policy says that ‘Expressions of disrespectful bias, hate, harassment or hostility against an individual, group or their property because of the individual or group’s actual or perceived race, color, creed, religion... can be forms of discrimination. Expressions vary, and can be in the form of language, words, signs, symbols, threats, or actions that could potentially cause alarm, anger, fear, or resentment in others... even when presented as a joke.’ | <section begin=Donohue_quote />“A formal complaint against [[PZ Myers|Myers]] has already been made. What he did – in both word and deed – constitutes a bias incident, as defined by the [[University of Minnesota]]. The policy says that ‘Expressions of disrespectful bias, hate, harassment or hostility against an individual, group or their property because of the individual or group’s actual or perceived race, color, creed, religion... can be forms of discrimination. Expressions vary, and can be in the form of language, words, signs, symbols, threats, or actions that could potentially cause alarm, anger, fear, or resentment in others... even when presented as a joke.’ | ||
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“It is important for Catholics to know that the University of Minnesota will not tolerate the deliberate destruction of the Eucharist by one of its faculty. Just as African Americans would not tolerate the burning of a cross, and [[Jew]]s would not tolerate the display of [[swastika]]s, Catholics will not tolerate the [[desecration of the Eucharist]].”<section end=Donohue_quote />” | “It is important for Catholics to know that the University of Minnesota will not tolerate the deliberate destruction of the Eucharist by one of its faculty. Just as African Americans would not tolerate the burning of a cross, and [[Jew]]s would not tolerate the display of [[swastika]]s, Catholics will not tolerate the [[desecration of the Eucharist]].”<section end=Donohue_quote />” | ||
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