Comments on: Mayor Bloomberg’s Naked Public Square

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MONDAY AFTERNOON EDITION | ThePulp.it — Mon, 12 Sep 2011 17:37:19 +0000

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By: Paul Cornish

Paul Cornish — Mon, 12 Sep 2011 15:40:49 +0000

I was somewhat offended by the President’s reading of Psalm 46, as it smacks of civil/political religion and was misread (it is “bow” as in bow and arrows, not “bow” as in bow down to foreign leaders).

By: Brian English

Brian English — Mon, 12 Sep 2011 14:48:16 +0000

“I wish Dolan had had a special Mass at the same exact time for all the police, firefighters, and clergy who were actually there and involved in the healing afterward but excluded from Bloomberg’s event.”

On September 10th at 3:00 there was a Memorial Service at St. Patrick’s for the 343 Firefighters who were killed. I am sure there must be clips of it up on Youtube by now, and you really should track them down. It was an incredible thing to see.

By: Liam

Liam — Mon, 12 Sep 2011 12:37:36 +0000

And let us not forget President Obama’s offering of Psalm 46 without any commentary.

By: Richard M Bruton

Richard M Bruton — Mon, 12 Sep 2011 04:16:55 +0000

I watched the commemoration ceremony and found it to be very moving. I concur with Joe, preachers are not religion.

By: Joe McFaul

Joe McFaul — Mon, 12 Sep 2011 03:18:14 +0000

Well, this —-the mayor prefers the “naked public square” — stripped bare of religion—wasn’t true at all was it?

There were many references to religion, including a very tasteful and meaningful one by George Bush.

What was missing was preachers. “Preachers” are not “religion.” A very good decision for this particular occasion.

By: David Gray

David Gray — Mon, 12 Sep 2011 01:12:00 +0000

There are a lot of 9/11 families. I wonder which ones were consulted.

By: Christiane

Christiane — Mon, 12 Sep 2011 00:36:17 +0000

I am sincerely glad that the Families, who represent people of every faith, are being given say in how they want this remembrance to take place.

I’m afraid I’ve read too many snarky comments from people claiming to wish that their faith had been ‘represented’ at the memorial, and giving graphic Islamophobic examples of what should be said there.
When I think of having the Families exposed to some of that venom, it is a good thing that people in authority looked ahead and thought to shield the Families from that contempt.

By: David Nickol

David Nickol — Sun, 11 Sep 2011 21:46:08 +0000

I wish Dolan had had a special Mass at the same exact time for all the police, firefighters, and clergy who were actually there and involved in the healing afterward but excluded from Bloomberg’s event. Bruce, In case you didn't read what I wrote above, I would like to point out that Archbishop Dolan spoke in defense of Mayor Bloomberg. Archbishop Dolan said:

“He [Bloomberg], too, I think was under some restrictions. I think other people were involved in the planning not just him,” Dolan said in an interview last week with the cable news outlet NY1. “He was very honest and up front. ‘I [Bloomberg] think it’s very limited. It may not be the way I want it, but it’s just going to be immediate family and the political people who were in office then and political people now.’ [To which Archbishop Dolan says:] I’m fine with that.”

By: Bruce Tereski

Bruce Tereski — Sun, 11 Sep 2011 20:29:45 +0000

Bloomberg’s event gave prominent place to many politicians who were probably hiding in bunkers right after the attacks.
I wish Dolan had had a special Mass at the same exact time for all the police, firefighters, and clergy who were actually there and involved in the healing afterward but excluded from Bloomberg’s event. How sad to think that so many churches let his dis-Honor give a eulogy after funeral Masses for those killed in 9/11, but now this godless tyrannt (elected 3 terms after changing a law, although his ultra liberal cronies would not change the law in 2001 to allow Giuliani to run a third term right after 9/11) won’t allow prayers at this event.