Tony Blair comes out of the closet

[Begbie]

Does a bear shit in the woods ?

Former British PM Blair converts to Catholicism

LONDON (AFP) - Former British prime minister Tony Blair has become a Roman Catholic, church officials said Saturday, ending widespread speculation that he would switch to the faith of his wife and four children.

Former British PM Blair converts to Catholicism: officials - Yahoo! News UK

[Marmite the Dog]

Fucking retard.

[Dalton]

^ PR show...fokking wanker that Blair dude..

[barbaro]

Criticism For Blair Over Conversion

Updated:19:21, Saturday December 22, 2007
Tony Blair's conversion to Catholicism has been criticised by commentators who argue his views as PM were at odds with church teachings.

Tony Blair has met Pope Benedict

Mr Blair was welcomed into the Roman Catholic church by the Archbishop of Westminster, Cardinal Cormac Murphy-O'Connor - leader of the Roman Catholics in England and Wales.

Cardinal Murphy-O'Connor welcomed the politician's personal decision, which culminated in the ceremony at the chapel of the Archbishop's House in Westminster.

He said: "For a long time he has been a regular worshipper at Mass with his family and in recent months he has been following a programme of formation to prepare for his reception into full communion."

The move comes after years of speculation that Mr Blair, whose wife Cherie and four children are Catholic, would convert from Anglicanism after he resigned from Number 10 in June.

Converting while in office would have caused him problems in connection with issues such as abortion, contraception, homosexuality and faith schools.


The Society for the Protection of Unborn Children (SPUC) reacted with surprise to the news.

Link: Former PM Tony Blair Converts To Catholicism |Sky News|Politics




I am honestly confused about this because of his positions.

[Texpat]

I read this yeaterday and thought it odd. Why publicize this? Would it be impossible just to slide into it quietly?

If he's happy, I'm happy.

[barbaro]

I read this yeaterday and thought it odd. Why publicize this? Would it be impossible just to slide into it quietly?

If he's happy, I'm happy.

I think it's because of this positions and views.

You cannot play it both ways.

[Texpat]

Sure you can.

How many hardcore criminals find God? Anyone can become a Christian/Catholic. You just have to say the right things. Hell, they'll forgive anything.

[barbaro]

Sure you can.

How many hardcore criminals find God? Anyone can become a Christian/Catholic. You just have to say the right things. Hell, they'll forgive anything.

This is not what I mean, at all.

I am talking about his positions.

Has he publicly stated he's reversing his position on using Birth Control and Abortion?

You cannot play it both ways.

[blackgang]

I am talking about his positions

Well most of the Catholic Clergy positions are over a prostate alter boy, so what would be wrong with Blair assuming the same position as far as the church be concerned?

[barbaro]

I am talking about his positions

Well most of the Catholic Clergy positions are over a prostate alter boy, so what would be wrong with Blair assuming the same position as far as the church be concerned?

Thanks for the humour BG, but I don't get it.

Call me "obtuse."

[Norton]

^ PR show...fokking wanker that Blair dude..

No, think it more a case of the wife saying "Tony I know you like pussy so if you want anymore from me you will convert"

[Happyman]

It is so he can go to confession and have the sin of being a Bush lapdog absolved!

[Thormaturge]

Blair has been expected to convert ever since he became PM. The only reason he hasn't done it sooner is because he realised the British public would consider him weird if he admitted God influenced his decisionmaking.

Too bloody right.

So what did God say about invading Iraq?

Bear false witness against Saddam Hussein??

Kill as many innocent Iraqi people as possible??

He'll fit right in with this mob.

[Norton]

he realised the British public would consider him weird if he admitted God influenced his decisionmaking.

Yes saw an interview this morning on the news and he said, "I didn't speak about my personal faith while in office. That kind of thing is OK in America but in the UK people would think I was a nutter."

[sabang]

As the EU delegate for Palestinian peace, he's probably going to want a slice of Jerusalem for the Pope now.

[Texpat]

Thought that old Protestant/Catholic mess was swept under the rug a few decades ago.

Would Blair have been appointed PM if he were a practicing Catholic back then?

[sabang]

^ I don't see why not. The UK has had Jewish PM's too.

[Looper]

On the one hand separating church and state is supposed to be progressive and the flipside of that is that leaders probably should not be forced to justify their their political agenda in terms of their religious beliefs. On the other hand I think the days of religious belief being personal, private and unquestionable may be ending. Maybe leaders should be made to engage in serious philosophical debate about their religion. I don't generally trust the judgement of folk in positions of power who profess a strong religious belief.

No, think it more a case of the wife saying "Tony I know you like pussy so if you want anymore from me you will convert"

She's really got him by the knackers in that case because now throttling the bishop to a nice Japanese Nurses Shaved Beaver DVD is off limits too.

Every sperm is sacred,
Every sperm is great.
If a sperm is wasted,
God gets quite irate.

[Texpat]

throttling the bishop to a nice Japanese Nurses Shaved Beaver DVD is off limits too

Not if you collect it in a jar and store it in the back of your freezer.




Just don't let your mum, wife, father, grandad, sister, children mistake it for ice cream.

[Looper]

^Pretty good loophole

Tony Blair comes out of the closet and into an ice cube tray.

Why didn't I think of that when I was a guilt-ridden catholic schoolboy