Letter From Catholic Leaders Calls for President Obama to Fire Anti-Catholic Bigot Harry Knox
President Barack
Obama
The White House
1600 Pennsylvania Avenue
Washington, D.C. 20500-0003
Dear Mr. President,
On April 6, you named Harry Knox to your Advisory Council on Faith-Based and Neighborhood Partnerships. You claim to have created this Council, among other things, to "bring everyone together - from both the secular and faith-based communities."
Harry Knox is the hate-filled antithesis of this noble objective. Knox is a virulent anti-Catholic bigot, and has made numerous vile and dishonest attacks against the Church and the Holy Father. He has no business on any Council having to do with faith or religion.
We do not know if you or members of your Administration were aware of Knox's deplorable, abusive attitude towards the Church and Pope Benedict XVI when you named him to the Council. We assume you were not. But since then, there have been numerous press reports on Knox's loathsome, and clearly bigoted rhetoric, so there no longer is any excuse for your failure to act. We can remain silent no longer.
As Catholics, we call on you to remove Mr. Knox from his position and to formally disassociate yourself from his militant anti-Catholicism. Failure to do so will result in the tainting of your Faith-Based Council-and indeed, your entire administration-as anti-Catholic. We urge you to give this matter your immediate consideration.
Sincerely,
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John
Boehner
L. Brent
Bozell, III Judie Brown, President,
Larry
Cirignano
Eileen
Cubanski
Bill
Donohue
Chuck
Donovan
Deacon Keith A. Fournier
Deal W.
Hudson
Philip F.
Lawler Leonard Leo |
Tom
McClusky Congressman Thaddeus McCotter (R-MI)
Kate
O'Beirne
Thomas
Peters
Al Regnery
Patrick J.
Reilly
Charles
Rice
Austin
Ruse Phyllis Schlafly Fr. Robert Sirico
Richard
Viguerie |
Instances of Harry Knox's Bigotry
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