Timothy Dolan to Rush Limbaugh: 'Do it civilly'
Dolan reportedly made his comments when asked about Limbaugh after Mass on Sunday.
By TIM MAK | 3/5/12
The Archbishop of New York admonished Rush Limbaugh on Sunday, asserting that the campaign against the Obama administration’s birth control mandate shouldn’t be “pugnacious,” according to a report.
“Whatever we do, and however strongly we feel, we do it charitably, we do it civilly,” Timothy Cardinal Dolan said after Sunday morning Mass at St. Patrick’s Cathedral, according to the New York Daily News.
Dolan, a member of the Catholic Church’s College of Cardinals and a leading opponent of the Obama administration’s policy on contraception, said the birth control policy is “an unwarranted, unprecedented intrusion into the life of the church.”
On Monday, former presidential candidate and Arizona Sen. John McCain said on CBS “This Morning” that Limbaugh’s comment “should be condemned by everyone.”
“He has influence because he has a strong conservative base. I know that, but those statements were unacceptable in every way and should be condemned by everyone, no matter what their political leanings are,” McCain said. “It is totally unacceptable.”
The furor over Limbaugh’s comments has prompted seven advertisers to announce that they will no longer sponsor the talk radio host’s show. Limbaugh apologized to the Georgetown law student, Sandra Fluke, on Sunday.
“My choice of words was not the best, and in the attempt to be humorous, I created a national stir. I sincerely apologize to Ms. Fluke for the insulting word choices,” Limbaugh said.
“Whatever we do, and however strongly we feel, we do it charitably, we do it civilly,” Timothy Cardinal Dolan said after Sunday morning Mass at St. Patrick’s Cathedral, according to the New York Daily News.
“We don’t judge the motives of other people. We just try, in a confident, peaceful, inviting way, to make our position felt, to invite other people to respect it,” he added, when asked about Limbaugh’s recent comments that a Georgetown law student was a “slut” for advocating birth control coverage.
Dolan added that the church didn’t “want to [oppose contraception] in a pugnacious way.”Dolan, a member of the Catholic Church’s College of Cardinals and a leading opponent of the Obama administration’s policy on contraception, said the birth control policy is “an unwarranted, unprecedented intrusion into the life of the church.”
On Monday, former presidential candidate and Arizona Sen. John McCain said on CBS “This Morning” that Limbaugh’s comment “should be condemned by everyone.”
“He has influence because he has a strong conservative base. I know that, but those statements were unacceptable in every way and should be condemned by everyone, no matter what their political leanings are,” McCain said. “It is totally unacceptable.”
The furor over Limbaugh’s comments has prompted seven advertisers to announce that they will no longer sponsor the talk radio host’s show. Limbaugh apologized to the Georgetown law student, Sandra Fluke, on Sunday.
“My choice of words was not the best, and in the attempt to be humorous, I created a national stir. I sincerely apologize to Ms. Fluke for the insulting word choices,” Limbaugh said.
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