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<let name=data index=URL>http://www.catholicleague.org/release.php?id=1465</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=Title>Myers Desecrates the Eucharist</let> | ||
| + | <let name=data index=TextShort>It is important for [[Catholic]]s to know that the [[University of Minnesota]] will not tolerate the deliberate [[2008 sacred wafer scandal|destruction of the Eucharist]] by [[PZ Myers|one of its faculty]]. Just as African Americans would not tolerate the [[cross burning|burning of a cross]], and [[Jew]]s would not tolerate the display of [[swastika]]s, Catholics will not tolerate the [[desecration of the Eucharist]].</let> | ||
<let name=data index=Text>“[[Catholic League (US)|Catholic League]] president [[Bill Donohue]] responded as follows:</let> | <let name=data index=Text>“[[Catholic League (US)|Catholic League]] president [[Bill Donohue]] responded as follows:</let> | ||
<let name=data index=quote><p>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.’</p> | <let name=data index=quote><p>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.’</p> | ||
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<p>The University must now take action and apply the appropriate sanction. We are contacting the president, Board of Regents and the Equal Opportunity and Affirmative Action Office at the school, as well as Minnesota’s governor and both houses of the state legislature; the [[Catholic]] community in Minnesota is also being contacted. Moreover, we are also contacting [[Muslim]] groups nationwide.</p> | <p>The University must now take action and apply the appropriate sanction. We are contacting the president, Board of Regents and the Equal Opportunity and Affirmative Action Office at the school, as well as Minnesota’s governor and both houses of the state legislature; the [[Catholic]] community in Minnesota is also being contacted. Moreover, we are also contacting [[Muslim]] groups nationwide.</p> | ||
| − | <p>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]].</p></let> | + | <p>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 [[cross burning|burning of a cross]], and [[Jew]]s would not tolerate the display of [[swastika]]s, Catholics will not tolerate the [[desecration of the Eucharist]].</p></let> |
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'''Further discussion''' [[2008 sacred wafer scandal/Catholic League|here]].</let> | '''Further discussion''' [[2008 sacred wafer scandal/Catholic League|here]].</let> | ||
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