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Text Box: in suburban New Orleans to obtain a few items. While there he decided to examine the Apple notebook (or laptop) computers. He noticed other people accessing the internet, some of the sites being of questionable morality, so he decided to access the only web site whose url he is sure he knows, that of The Society of Clerks Secular of Saint Basil at http://www.reu.org but the server would not allow him to access the Basilian web site. Instead, a notice appeared on the computer screen. The notice basically stated that http://www.reu.org was designated a religious web site and that the server had been set to block access to all religious web sites. Archbishop Paul showed the notice to a store clerk, who immediately referred him to a store manager. There were Best Buy corporate officials present with the store manager. When the Archbishop asked the manager why religious sites were blocked, the manager said it was a proxy server setting. Archbishop Paul said, “But it is your server and you or your company makes the settings.” The manager said nothing. Archbishop Paul then said, “How can Best Buy expect a church or a religious order to purchase from Best Buy when Best Buy obviously has an anti-religion policy?” Again the manager was silent. The Archbishop informed the manager that there would be no further purchases made from Best Buy (by The Society of Clerks Secular, as an entity) until their policy changed; that someone would go to Best Buy every few months to see if the policy had changed, and that it might be a good idea to pass this information up the corporate ladder. He told the manager, “It obviously is impossible for us to purchase anything from a company which has an anti-religious policy since we are a religious organization and such purchases would only fund anti-religion corporate policy. It would be counter productive and an act of immorality from a religious perspective.” The manager appeared to be embarrassed and distressed over the

Text Box: situation. When Archbishop Paul informed the manager that he did not believe the manager was anti-religious, and that he believed the manager desired to go to heaven like any reasonable person, the manager seemed to be somewhat relieved and thanked the Archbishop for not totally ruling out future business with Best Buy. That he appreciated the Archbishop’s intention to have internet access to religious sites “checked out” from time to time. Archbishop Paul has made it clear that individual members of The Society of Clerks Secular of Saint Basil may purchase anything from anyone, but that he personally and the Order will not purchase from Best Buy nor will any of the facilities over which he has direct control. He also made it very clear that any member of the Basilians who purchases from Best Buy while the company’s anti-religious policy remains in effect will be a severe disappointment to him. +

Text Box: form and a science in the hands of the immoral. When those who have moral standards reply with truth, their promulgation of the truth is held by the immoral to be disgusting attacks on the defenseless. Liberals grant the immoral the ability to lie about and to ridicule those who profess and promote moral positions. But when any remark is made by one who professes valid moral positions, about an immoral and perverted promoter of immorality, other than unrestricted praise, the commentator is attacked as being insensitive, and often as being bigoted, dangerous, ignorant, and stupid. Some of the victims: Carrie Prejean: Miss California, was a contestant in the April, 2009 A.D., Miss USA Pageant. One of the judges was a person who uses the name Perez Hilton. Hilton is a self avowed homosexual who campaigns for privileges to be granted to homosexuals. He operates a pro-homosexual privileges gossip blog, and advocates homosexuality - actually advocating it not along with heterosexuality but over and in preference to heterosexuality. He has no expertise related to the beauty pageant “industry”. Obviously expecting her to publicly approve of homosexual “marriages” since to disapprove of such would insure she did not win the contest, Hilton asked Prejean about her stance on same-sex marriage. Prejean’s response was, "I think that I believe that a marriage should be between a man and a woman," she said on the live broadcast. "No offense to anybody out there, but that's how I was raised." Miss. Prejean, Miss California USA, was the clear favorite prior to Hilton’s question and her answer. After her answer, the attacks on her during the remainder of the pageant were vicious. She became the first runner-up in the final vote. After the pageant, print and broadcast “journalist” investigated every possible aspect of her life. It was discovered she

Text Box: HUMOR The Best Way To Pray (Thanks Mike) A priest, a minister and a guru sat discussing the best positions for prayer, while a telephone repairman worked nearby. "Kneeling is definitely the best way to pray, " the priest said. "No," said the minister. "I get the best results standing with my hands outstretched to Heaven." "You're both wrong," the guru said. "The most effective prayer position is lying down on the floor." The repairman could contain himself no longer. "Hey, fellas," he interrupted. "The best prayin' I ever did was when I was hangin' upside down from a telephone pole." +

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