Boycott Clinton speech, Catholic bishop says

Boycott Clinton Speech, Catholic bishop says

A southern Ontario bishop is urging Catholics to boycott an upcoming fundraiser featuring former U.S. president Bill Clinton, saying his views don't reflect the church's beliefs.

Clinton is set to deliver a speech Nov. 8 during a $500-per-seat fundraising lunch for the Catholic Family Counselling Centre in Kitchener.

But Rev. Gerard Bergie, the auxiliary bishop of the Roman Catholic diocese of Hamilton, says Clinton is an inappropriate guest speaker, the Waterloo Region Record reported.

Clinton's support for abortion, his marital infidelity and promotion of condom use to prevent the spread of AIDS go against Catholic Church doctrine, said Bergie.

The Catholic Family Counselling Centre is only two blocks from our place. I think we better find a reason to be out of town that day, otherwise we won't be able to leave our condo. Between the crusading Catholics and the slobbering Clinton fanboys, not to mention security, I don't know if I'd really want to.

If he's helping raise $500-per-seat for a downtown Kitchener organization though, I'm OK with that. As long as it's spent on downtown Kitchener, and not Uptown Waterloo anti-abortion picketing.

GTAA

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