Stop the attacks on the Nuns on the Bus

Last week, the "Nuns on the Bus" went to Ohio, visiting local social service agencies and speaking out about how draconian federal budget cuts could endanger the poorest and most vulnerable people in our society. 

But when the sisters rolled into the town of Marietta, they were met by a crowd of angry right-wing protesters who called them "fake nuns" and wielded signs labeling their tour the "highway to hell" and "bums on the bus."

Many of these protesters were recruited by a local Catholic parish, where the priest invited right-wing activists to distribute an ugly screed falsely accusing the sisters of "espousing radical ideology."

Can you sign our petition calling on the local bishop to admonish this priest and make sure that no more church resources are used to spread fear and lies about Catholic sisters?

Catholic parishes shouldn't be used to organize ugly protests that spread fear and lies about nuns who speak out for the poor and vulnerable. Please formally admonish Father John Michael Campbell for his parish's attacks on Nuns on the Bus.
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20421 Wed Apr 10 16:33:54 EDT 2013 L Gols natick, MA
20420 Tue Mar 19 12:36:04 EDT 2013 Laura Telford TX The Old Boy's Club, formerly known as the Catholic Church, is in for some serious trouble as more and more women, like me, begin to notice its absolute desire to keep female Priests, Nuns, and All women More....
20419 Sun Mar 10 06:34:37 EDT 2013 Carolyn Meece Rockford, IL
20418 Sat Mar 02 09:19:19 EST 2013 Beth MacDonald Greenfield, MA
20417 Sat Jan 26 11:29:00 EST 2013 K. Arnone Brooklyn, NY
20416 Thu Jan 24 01:39:08 EST 2013 Brian Brown Vashon, WA Parish Priest needs a good rap with a ruller
20415 Wed Jan 23 21:05:41 EST 2013 Mary Persichette South Salem, NY How are these protesters calling themselves "Catholic?"
20414 Wed Jan 23 20:48:17 EST 2013 Kathy Mullaney MA What would Jesus do? Not this.
20413 Wed Jan 23 18:54:00 EST 2013 mary mulvihill new york, NY This is so outrageous - with all the nuns have done for people. If only the priests had done half as much, the Church would not be in the state it is in now.
20412 Wed Jan 23 15:15:15 EST 2013 Peggie Thorp MA
20411 Wed Jan 23 14:41:34 EST 2013 Debbie Quinn Hastings-on-Hudson, NY
20410 Wed Jan 23 11:44:45 EST 2013 Peter Quinn Hastings On Hudson, NY "They'll know we are Christians by our love." Thanks to men like Father Campbell, it seems we have a long way to go before that day arrives.
20409 Sun Jan 13 15:01:57 EST 2013 Stephen Lich Indianapolis, IN
20408 Sat Jan 12 00:22:58 EST 2013 Arthur Maira Pittsford, NY
20407 Tue Jan 08 17:43:59 EST 2013 Giselle Guzman Springfield, IL
20406 Tue Jan 08 12:32:15 EST 2013 Cathleen Burkhead Claremore, OK
20405 Sat Jan 05 18:06:23 EST 2013 Kati Baruja Chicago, IL, IL
20404 Fri Jan 04 11:39:07 EST 2013 gail barry somerville, MA
20403 Thu Jan 03 00:13:26 EST 2013 Patrick Manion BOW, NH How sad and what a contradiction to the message of love and healing found in Sacred Scripture....this organized confrontation represented.
20402 Mon Dec 31 21:38:25 EST 2012 Sue Wick St. Paul, MN
20401 Thu Dec 27 05:12:44 EST 2012 JOANNE GROSSI KEARNY, NJ
20400 Mon Dec 17 14:19:02 EST 2012 Emily Schaeffer San Francisco, CA
20399 Mon Dec 17 13:24:13 EST 2012 John Sodrel New Albany, IN
20398 Wed Dec 12 11:14:25 EST 2012 Mary Jo Devlin Harrisburg, PA
20397 Sun Dec 09 07:27:31 EST 2012 Randy Vonck Ypsilanti, MI The hierarchical church is a business and doesn't seem to have much to do with Jesus.
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