Cacciaguida

Defending the 12th century since the 14th; blogging since the 21st.

Catholicism, Conservatism, the Middle Ages, Opera, and Historical and Literary Objets d'Art blogged by a suburban dad who teaches law and writes stuff.


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Who was Cacciaguida? See Dante's PARADISO, Cantos XV, XVI, & XVII.


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Monday, January 05, 2009
 
SF church vandalism case -- where the vandals are also "protestors" according to the headline

As news editors say, what's the story? Here, it seems, it's not just that a Catholic church was vandalized by gay activists, but that some sort of mistake was made, as if they just got the wrong address. Third graf:
But, the Most Holy Redeemer Catholic Church on Diamond Street is gay-friendly. Many parishioners voted against Prop 8 and they are upset their church was targeted.
We've already paid, don't you know! We burned the incense in front of the emperor's statue! We signed the contract! Don't we at least get to play with our souls in peace for a few years...?