Below find an article in today's local newspaper reporting on the principal of Catholic Memorial High School voluntarily taking down an Obama sign in his yard after Caltholic parents complained. We feel for this man who cares enough about the outcome of this election that he took an unpopular stand in this staunchly conservative community. His position is ours at the Sewer Raccoon News the great minority of others who have braved the Waukesha wave with their Obama signs and expressions.
The exigencies of the principal's job must have led to this outcome.
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Catholic Memorial High School Principal takes down Obama sign from his yard
Parents objected, saying it conflicts with Catholic beliefs
By JOE PETRIE Waukesha Freeman Staff (Joe Petrie can be reached at jpetrie@conleynet.com)
WAUKESHA – A prominent Catholic school principal has taken down a political sign in front of his own house after it created a row with some parents. Mark Schmitt, principal of Catholic Memorial High School, has taken down a sign supporting Democratic presidential candidate Sen. Barack Obama, D-Ill., after some school parents voiced concerns that supporting Obama would conflict with Catholic beliefs. Early Wednesday evening, Schmitt said he took down the sign but didn’t have further comment. Ron Mohorek, chair of the Catholic Memorial board of directors, said some parents had raised questions about Schmitt’s and the school’s position on Catholic issues because of the support for Obama, a candidate with a pro-choice position on abortion. Mohorek said parents have been assured the school and Schmitt thoroughly stand behind the faith and all its teachings, and supporting a particular political candidate over another doesn’t necessarily mean a conflict of faith. “I don’t remember an issue like this coming up before,” Mohorek said. “We’re a taxexempt organization, so we don’t take a political position one way or another.” Mohorek said it’s well within Schmitt’s rights to support a political candidate by putting a sign in his yard, and there aren’t any rules barring staff from doing so. He said it would be inappropriate for a staff member to spread political positions at the school, but Schmitt and other staff members have not done that. The matter has been confined to the school and the Milwaukee Archdiocese hasn’t been involved in the complaints, Mohorek said. “It’s fully within Mark’s rights to support whatever candidate he wants, and what really happened is it created some confusion and questions about Catholic Memorial’s stance on the principles of the Catholic church,” he said. “We’re 100 percent supportive of those principles and we know Mark is as well.”
Parents objected, saying it conflicts with Catholic beliefs
By JOE PETRIE Waukesha Freeman Staff (Joe Petrie can be reached at jpetrie@conleynet.com)
WAUKESHA – A prominent Catholic school principal has taken down a political sign in front of his own house after it created a row with some parents. Mark Schmitt, principal of Catholic Memorial High School, has taken down a sign supporting Democratic presidential candidate Sen. Barack Obama, D-Ill., after some school parents voiced concerns that supporting Obama would conflict with Catholic beliefs. Early Wednesday evening, Schmitt said he took down the sign but didn’t have further comment. Ron Mohorek, chair of the Catholic Memorial board of directors, said some parents had raised questions about Schmitt’s and the school’s position on Catholic issues because of the support for Obama, a candidate with a pro-choice position on abortion. Mohorek said parents have been assured the school and Schmitt thoroughly stand behind the faith and all its teachings, and supporting a particular political candidate over another doesn’t necessarily mean a conflict of faith. “I don’t remember an issue like this coming up before,” Mohorek said. “We’re a taxexempt organization, so we don’t take a political position one way or another.” Mohorek said it’s well within Schmitt’s rights to support a political candidate by putting a sign in his yard, and there aren’t any rules barring staff from doing so. He said it would be inappropriate for a staff member to spread political positions at the school, but Schmitt and other staff members have not done that. The matter has been confined to the school and the Milwaukee Archdiocese hasn’t been involved in the complaints, Mohorek said. “It’s fully within Mark’s rights to support whatever candidate he wants, and what really happened is it created some confusion and questions about Catholic Memorial’s stance on the principles of the Catholic church,” he said. “We’re 100 percent supportive of those principles and we know Mark is as well.”
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Pictured below is
the Obama sign with Xmas-trees in a window at the Sewer Raccoon headquarters. Inside the glass, it less likely to be torn down by Waukesha rabid-ites, but that is not for sure. This town is awash with side-by-side yard signs for the McCain-Bush-Palindrome opposition. Wow. It's little wonder the raccoons have taken to the sewers, where their Obama buntings and banners fly in the darkness undisturbed. The whole world hopes for Obama.
We here suffer no constraints. The blue light bulb at the apex of the lit assembly (above our hand-painted sign on a shingle) flashes on and off to draw tasteful attention to our subtle statement.
In the SRN's case, it pays not to be Catholic. And, definitely not Republican, but definitely pro-USA.
the countdown continues.................
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