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US Flags flying at half mast for Pope?

 
freaky
04/06/2005 04:02 PM
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US Flags flying at half mast for Pope?
Why are the US flags at mast for the Pope? He ain´t even american!
Mister Obvious
12/08/2005 10:06 AM
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Well, you know how it goes.
The Serpent
12/08/2005 10:06 AM
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Re: US Flags flying at half mast for Pope?
France flew their flags at half staff when Yasser Arafat died.
impetigo
12/08/2005 10:06 AM
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They call it separation of church and state...but don´t believe it.
Dino1
12/08/2005 10:06 AM
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France is also lowering their flags for the Pope.

I interpret this as to offer and honor to a great man of peace.
Anonymous Coward
12/08/2005 10:06 AM
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I don´t like it. Fuck the Pope.
Garibaldi
12/08/2005 10:06 AM
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AC 2616, you are a fucktard. You must show respect to the Pope, he was a great man.
Anonymous Coward
12/08/2005 10:06 AM
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The Serpent
12/08/2005 10:06 AM
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IMPETIGO SAID: “They call it separation of church and state...but don´t believe it.”

“Separation of church and state” is not part of the Constitution, or the Bill of Rights. No such premise was ever voted on by the majority or their duly elected representatives.

Besides whenever you hear an Atheist yelling “SEPARATION OF CHURCH AND STATE!” then what they are really saying is “WE MUST ESTABLISH AN INTOLERANT ATHEIST THEOCRACY!!!”
Anonymous Coward
12/08/2005 10:06 AM
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> You must show respect to the Pope, he
> was a great man.

Says who?
impetigo
12/08/2005 10:06 AM
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I´m not an athiestband
Anonymous Coward
12/08/2005 10:06 AM
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No, Garibaldi. You are a fucktard. Lots of people are men.

Here are the rules:

The flag, when flown at half-staff, should be first hoisted to the peak for an instant and then lowered to the half-staff position. The flag should be again raised to the peak before it is lowered for the day. On Memorial Day the flag should be displayed at half-staff until noon only, then raised to the top of the staff. By order of the President, the flag shall be flown at half-staff upon the death of principal figures of the United States Government and the Governor of a State, territory, or possession, as a mark of respect to their memory. In the event of the death of other officials or foreign dignitaries, the flag is to be displayed at half-staff according to Presidential instructions or orders, or in accordance with recognized customs or practices not inconsistent with law. In the event of the death of a present or former official of the government of any State, territory, or possession of the United States, the Governor of that State, territory, or possession may proclaim that the National flag shall be flown at half-staff. The flag shall be flown at half-staff 30 days from the death of the President or a former President; 10 days from the day of death of the Vice President, the Chief Justice or a retired Chief Justice of the United States, or the Speaker of the House of Representatives; from the day of death until interment of an Associate Justice of the Supreme Court, a Secretary of an executive or military department, a former Vice President, or the Governor of a State, territory, or possession; and on the day of death and the following day for a Member of Congress. The flag shall be flown at half-staff on Peace Officers Memorial Day, unless that day is also Armed Forces Day. As used in this subsection -

1. the term "half-staff" means the position of the flag when it is one-half the distance between the top and bottom of the staff;

2. the term "executive or military department" means any agency listed under sections 101 and 102 of title 5, United States Code; and

3. the term "Member of Congress" means a Senator, a Representative, a Delegate, or the Resident Commissioner from Puerto Rico.

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President Bush Orders Flags Flown at Half Staff in Honor of Pope John Paul II
A Proclamation by the President of the United States of America

As a mark of respect for His Holiness Pope John Paul II, I hereby order, by the authority vested in me by the Constitution and laws of the United States of America, that the flag of the United States shall be flown at half staff at the White House and on all public buildings and grounds, at all military posts and naval stations, and on all naval vessels of the Federal Government in the District of Columbia and throughout the United States and its Territories and possessions until sunset on the day of his interment. I also direct that the flag shall be flown at half staff for the same period at all United States embassies, legations, consular offices, and other facilities abroad, including all military facilities and naval vessels and stations.

The American flag flies at half-staff Saturday shortly after President George W. Bush ordered flags lowered as a sign of respect for the late Pope John Paul II, who died Saturday in Rome. White House photo by Paul Morse IN WITNESS WHEREOF, I have hereunto set my hand this second day of April, in the year of our Lord two thousand five, and of the Independence of the United States of America the two hundred and twenty ninth.

GEORGE W. BUSH
impetigo
12/08/2005 10:06 AM
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I bet Bush kneels down to him too, wouldn´t be surprised if he climbed over the ropes and kissed his mason ring.
Anonymous Coward
12/08/2005 10:06 AM
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The Pope´s ring is the same one Jesus got at his bar mitzvah.
DanG
12/08/2005 10:06 AM
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you want a quote ? here...

1796 Treaty of Tripoli - initiated by George
Washington and signed into law by John Adams -
proclaims: “The Government of the United States of
America is not, in any sense, founded on the
Christian Religion.”

brainless Hypocrits.
worshipworshipKD
Martian Princess
12/08/2005 10:06 AM
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I won´t even dignify such a stupid question with an answer.spock


I honestly believe JPII was the only legitimate thing about the Catholic church (and I´m Catholic.... well... not entirely)but I do think with his death, peace has died as well.
Deacon Blue
12/08/2005 10:06 AM
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The Pope´s ring is the same one Jesus got at his bar mitzvah.
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Not likely, since each Pope´s ring is uniquely crafted to symbolize HIS reign and is destroyed immediately after his death!
Martian Princess
12/08/2005 10:06 AM
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Jesus had a bar mitzvah?
Religious observance by Decree
12/08/2005 10:06 AM
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Re: US Flags flying at half mast for Pope?
This is a nice gesture, I suppose, but inappropriate.It seems to be a separation of church and state issue, since public officials are being officially ordered to commemorate a religious figures passing.





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