White House Removes Anti-Beyonce Petition

Today one of the lead stories on Politico (a Washington, DC, newspaper) is about the White House removing a petition on the "We the People" section of their website that calls for pop star Beyoncé — President Obama's close friend — to be "disinvited" from singing the National Anthem at next week's inauguration.

"Given that just about any silly petition can make a cameo on the White House's website, it takes someone special to get one removed. Beyoncé is that kind of special."

After spending the past few weeks advocating for the removal of the petition calling for the Catholic Church to be declared a hate group and being ignored by the White House, this is a slap in the face to every single person of faith in this country. How is a petition calling the Catholic Church a hate group "silly" and one demanding someone other than Beyoncé sing at the inauguration not?

AN ELECTION YEAR PRAYER FOR THE FAITHFUL WITNESS OF CATHOLICS IN THE UNITED STATES

By His Eminence Cardinal Raymond Leo Burke,
Prefect of the Supreme Tribunal of the Apostolic Signatura

O Lord Jesus Christ,
You alone are the Way, the Truth, and the Life.
In Your Church You show us the Way,
You teach us the Truth, and You give us Your Life.
Grant, we humbly beg You,
that, always and in all things, we may
be faithful to You in Your Holy Church,
and to Your Vicar on Earth, the Supreme Pontiff,
Pope Benedict XVI.
Grant also, we beg You,
that, in these times of decision,
all who profess to be Catholic
and who are entrusted with the sacred duty
to participate in public life,
may, by the strength of Your grace,
unwaveringly follow Your Way and
faithfully adhere to Your Truth,
living in You with all their mind and heart,
for Your greater glory, the salvation of souls,
and the good of our nation. Amen.
Our Lady of Guadalupe, Mother of America,
Pray for us.
Saint Thomas More, Patron of Religious Freedom,
Pray for us.