Letter to the editor: Cherry-picking God's advice
https://archives.anglican.ca/link/article42347
- Author
- Butler, Judith
- Material Type
- Journal Article
- Journal
- Anglican Journal
- Date
- 2020 January
- Author
- Butler, Judith
- Material Type
- Journal Article
- Journal
- Anglican Journal
- Date
- 2020 January
- Volume
- 146
- Issue
- 1
- Page
- 5
- Notes
- "In the December 2013 edition of the 'Anglican Journal', a front-page profile titled 'The irreverent, reverent Don Cherry' prompted me to write a letter to the editor, which was subsequently published in February 2014. In it, I decried the paper's decision to give credence to a man who regularly offends multiple groups of our population and is given a pass because he attends a parish in Mississauga and can, among other things, recite passages from the 'Book of Common Prayer'. In the article Cherry says he turns to God for all his important decisions. I shook my head at some of the advice his God has given him. Now, six years after that article was published -- years during which Cherry continued to glibly besmirch numerous individuals and groups and to which viewers, Anglicans included, shrugged their collective shoulders and said: 'That's just Grapes, get over it' -- he has finally been called out and his platform ripped out from under him. I, for one, look forward to enjoying 'Hockey Night in Canada' without this shock jock raising my blood pressure". [Text of complete article.]
- Subjects
- Cherry, Don (Donald Stewart), 1934-