Brooklyn Priest Protests Parking Ticket

2006-08-23
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Too many Christians have the mindset that they don’t have to obey the laws of man because they answer to a higher authority. 

Case in point: The Rev. Cletus Forson, of St. Andrew the Apostle church in Brooklyn, who is protesting a parking ticket he received for parking in a restricted area.The indignant padre appealed the ticket, but Administrative Law Judge  refused to overturn it.

How does a Cletus end up in Brooklyn, did he take a wrong turn someplace in Kentucky?

According to the washingtonpost.com Forson explained: “I couldn’t get any parking. It is my obligation to  get there and administer to the needs of the sick.”

A physician administers to the needs of the sick, even an orderly administers to the needs of the sick, but a priest uttering mumbo jumbo last rites does not administer to the needs of the sick.

Preachers shouldn’t enjoy any special privileges in a hospital, they merely get in the way of caregivers.

If a preacher can park in an ambulance zone because he needs to administer the last rites to a critically ill patient, then a New Age priestess should also be able to block the entrance to a hospital E. R. in order to rush to place a magic crystal on a dying patient.

By  parking in an ambulance zone, the good Rev. put lives at risk, his penance should be to recite 100 Hail Mary’s and to clean the hospital ambulances for a month.

“There were four cars in front of me, It’s not like it was only my car that was there.” Quote from washingtonpost.com

I guess if everyone else is doing it, that makes it OK, right preacher? “What do you mean recite 50 ‘Our Fathers’ for watching softcore porn on HBO? It’s not like I’m the only one who watches porn, all of my friends do.”

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  • jsriolo

    Who cares? A Priest got a ticket and he will soon come to the realization that he does not get special treatment at a hospital. Why are you getting all bent out of shape about it?

    Even though I think your argument is juvenile at best I still respect your right to post it where ever you please. It is just that I would appreciate articles on a men’s’ news site to reflect the values of you know, men. Hopefully next time you will take the moral high ground and let justice run its course (I am sure the fine will stick, end of story) as well as not scoffing at the religious beliefs of hospital patients.

  • jsriolo

    Who cares? A Priest got a ticket and he will soon come to the realization that he does not get special treatment at a hospital. Why are you getting all bent out of shape about it?

    Even though I think your argument is juvenile at best I still respect your right to post it where ever you please. It is just that I would appreciate articles on a men’s’ news site to reflect the values of you know, men. Hopefully next time you will take the moral high ground and let justice run its course (I am sure the fine will stick, end of story) as well as not scoffing at the religious beliefs of hospital patients.

  • jsriolo

    Who cares? A Priest got a ticket and he will soon come to the realization that he does not get special treatment at a hospital. Why are you getting all bent out of shape about it?

    Even though I think your argument is juvenile at best I still respect your right to post it where ever you please. It is just that I would appreciate articles on a men’s’ news site to reflect the values of you know, men. Hopefully next time you will take the moral high ground and let justice run its course (I am sure the fine will stick, end of story) as well as not scoffing at the religious beliefs of hospital patients.

  • jsriolo

    Who cares? A Priest got a ticket and he will soon come to the realization that he does not get special treatment at a hospital. Why are you getting all bent out of shape about it?

    Even though I think your argument is juvenile at best I still respect your right to post it where ever you please. It is just that I would appreciate articles on a men’s’ news site to reflect the values of you know, men. Hopefully next time you will take the moral high ground and let justice run its course (I am sure the fine will stick, end of story) as well as not scoffing at the religious beliefs of hospital patients.

  • jsriolo

    Who cares? A Priest got a ticket and he will soon come to the realization that he does not get special treatment at a hospital. Why are you getting all bent out of shape about it?

    Even though I think your argument is juvenile at best I still respect your right to post it where ever you please. It is just that I would appreciate articles on a men’s’ news site to reflect the values of you know, men. Hopefully next time you will take the moral high ground and let justice run its course (I am sure the fine will stick, end of story) as well as not scoffing at the religious beliefs of hospital patients.

  • http://mensnewsdaily.com/category/bullseye/gonzos-bar-go-go-grill The Gonzman

    but a priest uttering mumbo jumbo last rites does not administer to the needs of the sick.

    Once again the anti-Christian bigotry (Oh, I’m sorry – should have said “Xtian” – I know how the “C” word scares you libs) shines through; and then again this November and December, we’ll all read how the lefties are so confused that they just can’t seem to get the religious vote.

    Like it or not, if I’m in an ER, and in extremis, that priest is as imprtant to me as a doctor, and if I wake up and find that the priest was denied access to me, I’m going to be suing just as sure as if the good doc had stitched his Taco Bell up in me. That is the needs of this man when he gets sick. Maybe not you, but as you left wingers are fond of chanting, “Who are you to shove your morality down my throat?”

    Of course, you anti-theists are welcome to make your own schools, and own hospitals where the mention of “God” or “Jesus” is forbidden – but then again, it has been tried with a distinct lack of success, hasn’t it?

    What makes it okay is that there is someone on an errand of mercy. Fortunately, I live in an area where the hospital has reserved parking for clergy, and tows without mercy those who take up those spaces.

    Pity New York isn’t as enlightened. But then again, it is a “Blue” state, so I really don’t expect better.

  • http://mensnewsdaily.com/category/bullseye/gonzos-bar-go-go-grill The Gonzman

    but a priest uttering mumbo jumbo last rites does not administer to the needs of the sick.

    Once again the anti-Christian bigotry (Oh, I’m sorry – should have said “Xtian” – I know how the “C” word scares you libs) shines through; and then again this November and December, we’ll all read how the lefties are so confused that they just can’t seem to get the religious vote.

    Like it or not, if I’m in an ER, and in extremis, that priest is as imprtant to me as a doctor, and if I wake up and find that the priest was denied access to me, I’m going to be suing just as sure as if the good doc had stitched his Taco Bell up in me. That is the needs of this man when he gets sick. Maybe not you, but as you left wingers are fond of chanting, “Who are you to shove your morality down my throat?”

    Of course, you anti-theists are welcome to make your own schools, and own hospitals where the mention of “God” or “Jesus” is forbidden – but then again, it has been tried with a distinct lack of success, hasn’t it?

    What makes it okay is that there is someone on an errand of mercy. Fortunately, I live in an area where the hospital has reserved parking for clergy, and tows without mercy those who take up those spaces.

    Pity New York isn’t as enlightened. But then again, it is a “Blue” state, so I really don’t expect better.

  • http://mensnewsdaily.com/category/bullseye/gonzos-bar-go-go-grill The Gonzman

    but a priest uttering mumbo jumbo last rites does not administer to the needs of the sick.

    Once again the anti-Christian bigotry (Oh, I’m sorry – should have said “Xtian” – I know how the “C” word scares you libs) shines through; and then again this November and December, we’ll all read how the lefties are so confused that they just can’t seem to get the religious vote.

    Like it or not, if I’m in an ER, and in extremis, that priest is as imprtant to me as a doctor, and if I wake up and find that the priest was denied access to me, I’m going to be suing just as sure as if the good doc had stitched his Taco Bell up in me. That is the needs of this man when he gets sick. Maybe not you, but as you left wingers are fond of chanting, “Who are you to shove your morality down my throat?”

    Of course, you anti-theists are welcome to make your own schools, and own hospitals where the mention of “God” or “Jesus” is forbidden – but then again, it has been tried with a distinct lack of success, hasn’t it?

    What makes it okay is that there is someone on an errand of mercy. Fortunately, I live in an area where the hospital has reserved parking for clergy, and tows without mercy those who take up those spaces.

    Pity New York isn’t as enlightened. But then again, it is a “Blue” state, so I really don’t expect better.

  • http://mensnewsdaily.com/category/bullseye/gonzos-bar-go-go-grill The Gonzman

    but a priest uttering mumbo jumbo last rites does not administer to the needs of the sick.

    Once again the anti-Christian bigotry (Oh, I’m sorry – should have said “Xtian” – I know how the “C” word scares you libs) shines through; and then again this November and December, we’ll all read how the lefties are so confused that they just can’t seem to get the religious vote.

    Like it or not, if I’m in an ER, and in extremis, that priest is as imprtant to me as a doctor, and if I wake up and find that the priest was denied access to me, I’m going to be suing just as sure as if the good doc had stitched his Taco Bell up in me. That is the needs of this man when he gets sick. Maybe not you, but as you left wingers are fond of chanting, “Who are you to shove your morality down my throat?”

    Of course, you anti-theists are welcome to make your own schools, and own hospitals where the mention of “God” or “Jesus” is forbidden – but then again, it has been tried with a distinct lack of success, hasn’t it?

    What makes it okay is that there is someone on an errand of mercy. Fortunately, I live in an area where the hospital has reserved parking for clergy, and tows without mercy those who take up those spaces.

    Pity New York isn’t as enlightened. But then again, it is a “Blue” state, so I really don’t expect better.

  • http://mensnewsdaily.com/category/bullseye/gonzos-bar-go-go-grill The Gonzman

    but a priest uttering mumbo jumbo last rites does not administer to the needs of the sick.

    Once again the anti-Christian bigotry (Oh, I’m sorry – should have said “Xtian” – I know how the “C” word scares you libs) shines through; and then again this November and December, we’ll all read how the lefties are so confused that they just can’t seem to get the religious vote.

    Like it or not, if I’m in an ER, and in extremis, that priest is as imprtant to me as a doctor, and if I wake up and find that the priest was denied access to me, I’m going to be suing just as sure as if the good doc had stitched his Taco Bell up in me. That is the needs of this man when he gets sick. Maybe not you, but as you left wingers are fond of chanting, “Who are you to shove your morality down my throat?”

    Of course, you anti-theists are welcome to make your own schools, and own hospitals where the mention of “God” or “Jesus” is forbidden – but then again, it has been tried with a distinct lack of success, hasn’t it?

    What makes it okay is that there is someone on an errand of mercy. Fortunately, I live in an area where the hospital has reserved parking for clergy, and tows without mercy those who take up those spaces.

    Pity New York isn’t as enlightened. But then again, it is a “Blue” state, so I really don’t expect better.

  • Toubrouk

    Even if i find the text a little harsh, let’s remember one thing; being a spiritual servant of the people don’t put you over the laws of the land.

    I can clearly understand if there’s an emergency and someone were in dire need of a priest in his last minutes of life but the text din’t talk of that.

    This remember me a local story that happened some years ago. In the aftermath of a “Free Parking” scandal, Montreal’s meter attendants went in overdrive in the hope to get a better public image. This included giving tickets to orthodox jews who din’t moved their cars during the shabbath. I know everything went to court but I don’t remember the results.

  • Toubrouk

    Even if i find the text a little harsh, let’s remember one thing; being a spiritual servant of the people don’t put you over the laws of the land.

    I can clearly understand if there’s an emergency and someone were in dire need of a priest in his last minutes of life but the text din’t talk of that.

    This remember me a local story that happened some years ago. In the aftermath of a “Free Parking” scandal, Montreal’s meter attendants went in overdrive in the hope to get a better public image. This included giving tickets to orthodox jews who din’t moved their cars during the shabbath. I know everything went to court but I don’t remember the results.

  • Toubrouk

    Even if i find the text a little harsh, let’s remember one thing; being a spiritual servant of the people don’t put you over the laws of the land.

    I can clearly understand if there’s an emergency and someone were in dire need of a priest in his last minutes of life but the text din’t talk of that.

    This remember me a local story that happened some years ago. In the aftermath of a “Free Parking” scandal, Montreal’s meter attendants went in overdrive in the hope to get a better public image. This included giving tickets to orthodox jews who din’t moved their cars during the shabbath. I know everything went to court but I don’t remember the results.

  • Toubrouk

    Even if i find the text a little harsh, let’s remember one thing; being a spiritual servant of the people don’t put you over the laws of the land.

    I can clearly understand if there’s an emergency and someone were in dire need of a priest in his last minutes of life but the text din’t talk of that.

    This remember me a local story that happened some years ago. In the aftermath of a “Free Parking” scandal, Montreal’s meter attendants went in overdrive in the hope to get a better public image. This included giving tickets to orthodox jews who din’t moved their cars during the shabbath. I know everything went to court but I don’t remember the results.

  • Toubrouk

    Even if i find the text a little harsh, let’s remember one thing; being a spiritual servant of the people don’t put you over the laws of the land.

    I can clearly understand if there’s an emergency and someone were in dire need of a priest in his last minutes of life but the text din’t talk of that.

    This remember me a local story that happened some years ago. In the aftermath of a “Free Parking” scandal, Montreal’s meter attendants went in overdrive in the hope to get a better public image. This included giving tickets to orthodox jews who din’t moved their cars during the shabbath. I know everything went to court but I don’t remember the results.






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