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NEW TONIGHT -- LOCAL
REPUBLICANS AND
DEMOCRATS ARE
REACTING TO A RHODE
ISLAND PRIEST'S
POLITICAL COMMENTS.
THOSE COMMENTS WERE
MADE DURING A RECENT
SUNDAY MASS.
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WE FIRST TOLD YOU
ABOUT FATHER ROBERT
MARCIANO'S HOMILY
ABOUT THE PRESIDENTIAL
CANDIDATES-- AT 6 ON
WPRI-12.
HE TOLD HIS
PARISHIONERS WHY -- IN
HIS OPINION -- ONE OF
THE CANDIDATES IS NOT
FIT FOR THE JOB.
EYEWITNESS NEWS
REPORTER STEPH
MACHADO HAS NEW
REACTION --
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ROOM NOW.
FATHER MARCIANO SAID IT
WAS HIS DUTY TO SPEAK
UP AGAINST THE CLINTON
CAMPAIGN'S STANCE ON
ABORTION...
AND THE HOMILY HE
DELIVERED FROM THE
PULPIT AT A RECENT MASS
IS MAKING WAVES FOR ITS
STRONG WORDS.....
TODAY HE TOLD ME...IF IT
MADE PEOPLE
UNCOMFORTABLE...THAT
WAS THE POINT.
FATHER ROBERT MARCIANO
SAYS IT WAS THE ISSUE OF
ABORTION THAT DROVE HIM TO
CAREFULLY CRAFT A 5 PAGE
SERMON SPEAKING OUT
AGAINST HILLARY CLINTON.
When Mrs. Clinton and others say
that they're for women, they're
pro-
women...they're killing women.
Those little babies are little
girls.
THE HOMILY HE DELIVERED
FROM THE PULPIT TO HIS
PARISHIONERS CRITICIZES NOT
ONLY CLINTON, BUT THE ENTIRE
DEMOCRATIC PARTY....
HE SAID:
""...let's be clear that she,
her party,
and her leaders...hate us. They
hate
Catholics.
That's just clearly not true
BILL LYNCH IS THE SENIOR
ADVISER FOR THE RHODE
ISLAND DEMOCRATIC PARTY...
HE MADE IT CLEAR THAT
MARCIANO HAS A RIGHT TO
SPEAK HIS MIND....BUT
DISAGREES WITH THE
CONTENT....
The fact of the matter is, in
2016
there are many, many good
catholics who don't necesarily
agree
with every stance their taking.
And
of course the pro-choice v pro
life
issue is the most common one.
RHODE ISLAND IS A HEAVILY
DEMOCRATIC STATE AND ALSO
MAJORITY
CATHOLIC--GOVERNOR GINA
RAIMONDO, FOR EXAMPLE,
DESCRIBES HERSELF AS BOTH
CATHOLIC AND PRO-CHOICE.
: You can't say I'm pro
abortion, all
these issues, and then say I'm
catholic.
MARCIANO DID REFERENCE
DONALD TRUMP ONE TIME IN
THE 5 PAGE SPEECH AGAINST
CLINTON, SAYING "" I am no fan
of
Mr. Trump and the recent media
firestorm over his inappropriate
and
vulgar words is reprehensible.
But
he is not running for Pope!
Steph: Hillary Clinton isn't
running
for Pope either
Marciano: right, I agree. But
her
policies on those moral issues
are
really off the cliff.
THE RHODE ISLAND CATHOLIC
DIOCESE PROVIDED US WITH
ITS "Political Responsibility
Guidelines"...WHICH SAY
"Do not endorse or oppose
candidates, political parties or
groups of candidates,
MARCIANO SAYS HE DIDN'T DO
THAT.
Marciano: I oppose her policies.
Steph: You don't oppose her as a
candidate.?
Marciano: No, she can be a
candidate. She can be a canidate
for president
Steph: What's the difference?
A clear difference. I oppose
those
things that she stands for.
AND WE ALSO SPOKE TO
THE CHAIRMAN OF THE
RHODE ISLAND
REPUBLICAN PARTY
TONIGHT WHO SAID HE
AGREES WITH FATHER
MARCIANO 100%.
TO DECIDE FOR
YOURSELF---YOU CAN
READ THE ENTIRE HOMILY
ON WPRI.COM.
I'M STEPH MACHADO
EYEWITNESS NEWS.
