Discussion: Speaker Ryan Ousts House Chaplain For Unknown Reasons

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I have a feeling Ryan is going to pay dearly for this one.

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Ryan wanted to put up a shrine to Saint Ayn Rand and the Jesuit was having none of it, so, Out. He. Goes.

Seriously, why hasn’t the Pope Excommunicated Ryan yet for his anti-catholic actions on Taxes, Caring for the Poor, and other selfish actions? (I know, I know, I’m just dreaming.)

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Why do we even have such an anachronism in the 21 Century?

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Let me know when a Druid or Wiccan priest shows up. Oak trees and mistletoe all around. Better yet a Zoroastrian. Go sky funerals.

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“As legislation on taxes continues to be debated this week and next, may
all Members be mindful that the institutions and structures of our
great Nation guarantee the opportunities that have allowed some to
achieve great success, while others continue to struggle,” Father Conroy
said on Nov. 6, 2017.
“May their efforts these days guarantee that there are not winners and
losers under new tax laws, but benefits balanced and shared by all
Americans”.

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Finally - evidence that Christians are being persecuted in the USA.

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The Chaplain probably suggested that ‘thoughts and prayers’ are not sufficient responses to gun violence, hunger, poverty, racism, fascism, bigotry, …

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The R’s should not take the Catholic vote for granted and really shouldn’t be doing anything to piss them off. The white Catholic vote went to McCain by a margin of only 5 points. It went to Trump by 23. It could swing back and I think we saw some of that in the PA-18 special election. Trump’s margin on Hispanic Catholic voters was better than McCain and Romney - I wouldn’t count on any R getting those kind of numbers again.

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“Conroy has been the House chaplain since 2011 and, as a Jesuit, is only the second Catholic ever to hold the post.”

Jesuits and the GOP don’t mix.
Jesuits adhere too much to the actual teachings of Jesus, as opposed to the bastardization of Christianity the Republicans invoke to support their agenda.

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How so? He’s done with the House.

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Dont’ confuse the issue. He’s a Catholic afterall.

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Though they’re okay with people from Wisconsins as long as they’re not one (or both) of the above.

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Ryan is making room for Father Flex:

As priests around the world spiritually and physically prepared for the demands of Holy Week, Father Stephen Gadberry started with a unique goal: “Don’t fall.”

“Hold on tight, breathe, concentrate, focus. Really in the heat of the moment it’s just survive. Just keep moving forward one more step, one more step, that’s what was going through my mind, just one more step,” he said.

On Palm Sunday, March 25, Father Gadberry was running, jumping and launching through the air on an obstacle course, trying out for the NBC reality show “American Ninja Warrior.” The show allows everyday “warriors” to show off their skills in a series of challenging obstacle courses. Competitors advance from city qualifying and finals to regional finals and finally national finals in Las Vegas. The grand prize winner receives $1 million.

“It was crazy, but it fed in perfectly into Holy Week,” he said. “On the obstacle course, you have to identify the obstacle, you’ve got to plan to attack it and to go on knowing that it’s going to be kind of hard, but knowing that there’s an end in sight. It’s the same with the Triduum — recognizing the struggle of sin and death but knowing that that’s not the end, facing it and go walking with the Lord to Easter. So it was a good spiritual shot of caffeine.”

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The guy’s been House Chaplain since 2011. Which party has controlled the House since 2011? And Brave Sir Ryan has just figured out the guy’s more aligned with one party’s principles than the other?

Am I just not adept at dot-connecting or is there something more going on?

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Perhaps the good Father has heard one too many confessions and needed to be removed.

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Maybe he preached about helping others, the meek inheriting the earth, the Golden Rule, love one another, etc.

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OT. From Josh’s blog.

Battle of the bulges. Their bellies arrived at the meeting one day prior to the rest of them.

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Sacrilege!

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Ryan: There shall be no god but my own. Or at least Pence’s.

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Next one is someone who supported that Alabama guy…or is a vocal Dumpster supporter.

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