Majerus abortion rights comment gets St. Louis bishop's attention

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Support Coach Majerus!!!

With all the right-wing nutjobs and fundie, homophobic pulpit-pounders in sports today, thank goodness for leaders like Coach Majerus, who proves you don't have to leave your brain at the door to be involved in collegiate or professional sports!

Updated: January 23, 2008, 12:24 PM ET
Majerus abortion rights comment gets St. Louis bishop's attention

ST. LOUIS -- A Roman Catholic archbishop said Tuesday that he will ask officials of Saint Louis University to take "appropriate action" against its basketball coach, who said in a television interview that he supports abortion rights.

St. Louis Archbishop Raymond Burke says he's concerned abortion rights comments made by basketball coach Saint Louis coach Rick Majerus (above) could "lead Catholics astray."
One of the game's winningest coaches, Rick Majerus made the comment at a weekend rally for Democratic presidential candidate Hillary Rodham Clinton.
St. Louis Archbishop Raymond Burke declined to say what the action against Majerus should be, saying that was a decision for the Jesuit university. But he said the coach is a leader and shouldn't support views in opposition to church teaching.

"I'm concerned that a leader at a Catholic university made these comments. It can lead Catholics astray," Burke said by telephone as he attended March for Life anti-abortion events in Washington. "I just believe that it's of the essence for people to understand as a Catholic you just cannot hold these beliefs."

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1. I support Rick...

He was assistant coach here at Marquette University, a Jesuit school, which used to be one of the most liberal schools in Midwest (and was when he was here).