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...that speech, which came moments after incoming Speaker Robert Livingston (R-La.) announced his resignation, Gephardt called for politicians to "stop destroying imperfect people at the altar of an unobtainable morality...
...congregants of Corpus Christi are praying on borrowed time. Displaced from their Roman Catholic parish, 550 of them have assembled at the Downtown United Presbyterian Church in Rochester, N.Y. They sit upright in the shiny pews, unused to the immaculate splendor of the organ that frames the altar. But all the strangeness of the loaned space is quickly forgotten in a rustle of excitement. "Oh yeah, she's starting," whispers a parishioner as a sandy-haired woman wearing an alb and cropped green stole stands before the altar...
...role during Mass, in part by desisting from "priestly gestures" and by removing her stole. She refused and was dismissed on Oct. 15. But she is unrepentant. Says she: "The Vatican holds women back when it sends the message that we're not good enough to approach the altar, not good enough to read the Gospel, not good enough to be a priest...
That pronouncement hasn't kept women away from the altar. In the U.S. they read from Scripture, lead general prayers and distribute Communion. Pragmatism has been a persuasive agent for change. With the ranks of priests severely diminished, some women in so-called priestless parishes conduct Communion services on their own, refraining from the Eucharistic prayer and consecration. "Some of these women are well intentioned, but the bulk of them are power-hungry witches," says a Vatican functionary. "They have no concern for the church and for souls...
...Will Men Ever Stop?": Besides the blatant sexism that has everything to do with a personal vendetta and nothing to do with constructive argument, Jenny Heller mounts an attack upon strip clubs. Urinate upon an altar, torture puppies, but for God's sake, do not attack the most sacred institution known to man! Strip clubs are both a great way to relax and enjoy fine company, as well as a way for Harvard males to escape the repressed, angry and sadistic man-hating that occurs with all too much frequency here. RUSSELL E. SCHMIDT...