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News is reporting that in Obama's recent speech, he called Catholic schools divisive. What happened to religious freedom? Oh, that's right, the government thinks citizens don't have rights any
Closing Catholic schools will only make the problems worse there. The Irish Catholics already feel the Brits have their boot on their necks.
England took over Ireland centuries ago and they are still fighting over it in some places. The Brits were horrid to the Irish. It's more nationalistic than anything else.
If you believe in segregation then go right ahead and criticize Obama, just be up front and state you believe in segregation. If you don't believe in segregation and believe that we should work towards integrating Catholics and Protestants in Northern Ireland, so they can go to school with, work with, socialize with, communicate with, etc with each other then you should have no problems with his comments.
News is reporting that in Obama's recent speech, he called Catholic schools divisive. What happened to religious freedom? Oh, that's right, the government thinks citizens don't have rights any
sounds about right to me, these type of schools ARE divisive, bigoted and hypocritical.
If you believe in segregation then go right ahead and criticize Obama, just be up front and state you believe in segregation. If you don't believe in segregation and believe that we should work towards integrating Catholics and Protestants in Northern Ireland, so they can go to school with, work with, socialize with, communicate with, etc with each other then you should have no problems with his comments.
Well if Protestants would like to come to Catholic schools then they can and learn all about the Catholic religion. Don't think they would want to though. It very important for Catholics to send their children to Catholic school to learn the religion. Obama doesn't get this and I don't expect he ever will.
The topic is a false narrative which is being spread by certain segments of the American press and media. The Irish themselves don't appear to be offended by Obama's comments nor do they appear to believe what was claimed in the OP and by title of this thread.
It seems to me those be divisive are those that are spreading this false narrative.
What indication do you have that Obama offended someone in Ireland or Northern Ireland. The Irish are acutely aware of the issue. The claims of offense are coming from certain segments of the American media.
In many cases, people who live just meters apart, divided by a 20 ft high multi layered barrier have never met or even have the desire to meet each other. Segregation permeates all areas of life both physically and psychologically, from housing where over 95% of social housing is either Catholic or Protestant to education where only around 5% of children attend integrated schools. Whilst most of the violence of the 90′s has stopped, rioting in flashpoints still does occur and virtually all residents who live next to the peacelines and interface areas do not want the walls to come down. At night, gates are closed to both traffic and pedestrians, effectively cutting off Protestant from Catholic areas. They feel safer, at least physiologically, with these physical barriers intact which they say they now hardly even notice.
And you know this exactly how living on an island in San Francisco Bay just west of Oakland?
Catholic shools are just breeding grounds for bigots.
Oh Please! Obama simply wants to have children taught at government schools.
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