VULGAR CATHOLIC HALLOWEEN COSTUMES
Catholic League president Bill Donohue comments on this season’s Halloween costumes:
There are costumes depicting Jesus, priests, nuns, ministers, rabbis and imams, and most of them are innocuous. But there are two costumes that are vulgar, and, as usual, they are designed to offend Catholics: a priest with an erection and a pregnant nun, often sold as a pair.
Some immigrant groups are upset about an illegal alien costume, but even those who are complaining don’t say it is vulgar. A mere depiction of Muhammad in a Danish cartoon that was anything but vulgar led to riots. Now imagine what would happen if we paired Muhammad sporting an erection with a Latina illegal alien? Not to worry, it’s only Catholic clergy and religious that the bigots want to bash.
Spirit Halloween, owned by Spencer Gifts, is carrying the objectionable costumes, as are the websites of Amazon, Halloween Costume World, Annie’s Costumes, Halloween Store and Halloween Express. We urge Catholics to patronize stores like Target, Walgreen’s, CVS and Wal-Mart: they don’t carry such offensive fare.
Contact Spirit Halloween official Steven Schwadron: steven.schwadron@fleishman.com
Susan A. Fani
Director of Communications
Catholic League for Religious and Civil Rights
catalyst@catholicleague.org
New York, NY 10123
212-371-3191
212-371-3394 (fax)
http://catholicleague.org/release.php?id=1704
Thursday, October 29, 2009
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Now why haven't the Jewish Rabbis or Islamists been dressed in such filth since 'religion' appears to be on the gag list this year?
Considering that Halloween costumes are generally worn by children and teenagers, ANY costume featuring an 'erection' should be immediately taken off the shelves, yet a costume which demeans the Catholic priesthood remains for sale?
That's not even a subtle slam.
(I think I'm done with Amazon. I've also read that they sell magazine subscriptions that cater to pedophiles.)
I'm sorry churches have to deal with vulgar costumes people wear for the Halloween, but I think, it's safe to say, they cannot do anything about it, even if they try. The shops are selling the goods and customers appreciate it with buying it - here you can see that most of the people really don't care about any religion in their lives and it's their right for such an opinion. Because if they are not trying to belong to some religious society, they are allowed to wear whatever they want. And if someone would try to prevent them from it, it would be a violation of the fundamental human rights. Ella
No need to post this, but just letting you know that I contacted Amazon last night (via their email) and requested my (10 year) account be closed because of the offensive Halloween costumes.
I received a personal email today apologizing for the 'inconvenience' and telling me that my 'concern' would be forwarded to the appropriate dept, at which time they will contact me--in other words, they'll either take the costumes off the site or give me a story that I will or will not accept. If they don't remove the costumes from the site (and I doubt they will unless the complaints are massive) I'm going ahead with the closing of the acct.
Now, if Amazon gets enough of these emails they may take the costumes off the site rather than lose customers. Of course, I have no idea how many complaints they've received.
You may want to recommend that Catholic patrons of that site do the same.
Home Staging,
I don't think they should be denied their right to sell their filth. I just think we have the right to not buy it. It is also our right to bring people's attention to filthy, anti-Catholic attacks. After all, we know they are attacking the Church to attack God.
CG,
Great idea. A man of principle you are. I don't have an Amazon account or I would join you. If more Catholics would hold businesses accountable this business would dry up pretty quickly.
One of the things I love about the Catholic League is that they continue to fight for our rights as viciously as the left tries to steal them.
Thank you for standing up.
And as offensive as the costumes is their justification for selling them:
"As a retailer, our goal is to provide customers with the broadest selection possible so they can find, discover, and buy any item they might be seeking. That selection includes some items which many people may find objectionable. Therefore, the items offered on our website represent a wide spectrum of opinions on a variety of topics."
All in the name of offering the customer variety in options (which they misspelled). Uh, huh. Had the complaints outnumbered their 'wide spectrum,' no doubt they'd have sung a different tune.
And just what the hell does 'wide variety of topics' have to do with vulgarity toward a religion?
CG,
They like to attack God and because the Church is God's representation on Earth we are natural targets.
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