Why I luv the catholic church

Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share
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From newsoftheweird.com

This just in:

  • In past years, a favorite summer fund-raising game for some parishes in the Catholic Archdiocese of Cincinnati has involved placing a small rat on a
    roulette-type wheel, spinning the wheel, and selling bets on which slot the rat will stagger to. This year, however, according to a Scripps Howard News Service report, local animal rights activists have protested, but in early
    responses, at least one parish has vowed to continue the game anyway. Said one activist, “The Church said it was OK to spin animals. What’s to keep someone from going home and putting their cat in a dryer?”
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I thought it was Wally who said it was OK to spin animals! Oh wait. He said it was OK to toss animals :smiley:

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Having just chaired the “Goldfish Booth” from a Cincinnati catholic church’s festival (my kids’ school), I can assure you that we took great pains to treat the goldfish as humanely as possible. Although I must admit in retrospect that it was probably a bad idea to put my 5 year old daughter in charge of catching them.

P.S. Never seen a mouse on a roulette wheel and I’ve been to a lot of area festivals. They DO put mice on a large board and when he crawls into a hole, the number corresponding to that hole wins. I can’t say the mice looked particularly distressed. And I imagine they were a lot less stressed than their cousins who are sold to snake owners…