[Pflienews] PharmFacts E-News Update: ALL calls for firing of virulently anti-Catholic prof.

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*PharmFacts E-News Update -- 11 Jul 2008 AD

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> *MEDIA RELEASE*
>
> *FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE*
> 11 July 2008
> CONTACT: Michael Hichborn
> 540.226.9178 | mhichborn at all.org <mailto:mhichborn at all.org> 
>
> *American Life League Demands Minnesota University Fire Professor for 
> Anti-Catholic Hate-Speech *
>
> /-- Prof. Paul Myers calls for blog readers to participate in 
> deliberate and malicious violence against Holy Eucharist --/
>
> *Washington, D.C. (11 July 2008)* -- Following the hate-filled 
> blog rant of Paul Zachary Myers, a professor at the University of 
> Minnesota Morris, Judie Brown, president of American Life League 
> called upon university administrators to fire him.
>
> "It's one thing for someone to express an opinion on a matter," said 
> Brown. "But Paul Myers specifically called on his readers to 
> participate in a deliberate and malicious act of violence against the 
> very center of Catholic worship.  That is hate-speech, and he should 
> be fired for it."
>
> Myers was reacting to a recent incident surrounding a University of 
> Central Florida student who walked out of a Catholic Mass with the 
> Holy Eucharist and held it hostage for several days. His blog post, 
> entitled, "It's a Frackin' Cracker," called on his readers to steal 
> the Holy Eucharist, revered by Catholics as the actual body, blood, 
> soul, and divinity of Jesus Christ, so that he can show them 
> "sacrilege, gladly, and with much fanfare." Myers said that once 
> obtained, he would treat the Holy Eucharist "with profound disrespect 
> and heinous cracker abuse, all photographed and presented here on the 
> web."
>
> "When a caricature of Muhammad or report of a flushed Koran surfaces, 
> there is rioting in the streets and plenty of press coverage," said 
> Brown. "But when someone actually calls for physical violence against 
> the most precious Catholic Sacrament, it is ignored."
>
> According to the university's policy statement, "contents of all 
> electronic pages must be consistent with University of Minnesota 
> policies." 
>
> "Under their code of conduct, which is one of the university's 
> policies, 'when dealing with others, faculty ... must be respectful, 
> fair, and civil,'" said Brown. "What Myers posted was profoundly 
> hateful toward the person of Christ, who is truly present in the 
> Eucharist. We fully expect that the University of Minnesota will 
> follow its own policies and take the appropriate action."
>
> American Life League was co-founded in 1979 by Judie Brown. It is the 
> largest grassroots Catholic pro-life organization in the United States 
> and is committed to the protection of all innocent human beings from 
> the moment of creation to natural death.  For more information or 
> press inquiries, please contact Michael Hichborn at 540.226.9178. 
>
> *FOR MORE INFORMATION:
>
> Christian News Wire:* Minnesota Prof Pledges to Desecrate 
> Eucharist (07.11.2008)
> http://christiannewswire.com/news/48307146.html 
> <http://nvs.all.org/sendstudio/link.php?M=42879&N=349&L=1505&F=H>
>
> *University of Minnesota Morris:* Paul Zachary Myers Blog 
> http://sci2135d1-pm.morris.umn.edu/ 
> <http://nvs.all.org/sendstudio/link.php?M=42879&N=349&L=1504&F=H>
>
> *WFTV 9:* 'Body of Christ' Snatched from Church, Held Hostage by UCF 
> Student (07.09.2008)
> http://www.wftv.com/news/16798008/detail.html 
> <http://nvs.all.org/sendstudio/link.php?M=42879&N=349&L=1503&F=H>
>
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