Don't Fuck With the Catholic Right

Or else you'll quickly end up in their crosshairs. I was very happy for Shakes Sis when she landed the position of Netroots coordinator for the John Edwards presidential campaign on the web. There was some speculation as to how this would fly, and now we know. The Catholic League is pushing the Edwards campaign to take suppressive action to silence truthful speech.

The Catholic League, a conservative religious group, is demanding that Mr. Edwards dismiss the two, Amanda Marcotte of the Pandagon blog site and Melissa McEwan, who writes on her blog, Shakespeare’s Sister, for expressing anti-Catholic opinions.

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Bill Donohue, president of the Catholic League, said in a statement on Tuesday, “John Edwards is a decent man who has had his campaign tarnished by two anti-Catholic vulgar trash-talking bigots.”

Mr. Edwards’s spokeswoman, Jennifer Palmieri, said Tuesday night that the campaign was weighing the fate of the two bloggers.

Misty, a regular contributor at Shakespeare's Sister weighed in with some comments last night.

I'm not anti-Catholic. I'm anti-ignorance and bigotry--which are what your ideas on gay people, abortion, and contraception are, Mr. Donahue. Ignorance and bigotry. And you can take them and shove them right up your ass.

Right on! I'll eagerly await the decision by the Edwards campaign. I'll be extremely disappointed if they cave in to the demands of the Catholic League.