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Calvin Robinson, a Michigan priest with the Anglican Catholic Church, has been defrocked after making what appeared to be a Nazi salute at the National Pro-Life Summit on January 25.

The church revoked his license, condemning the gesture as harmful and contrary to Christian values.

Robinson defended it as a joke mocking liberals' criticism of Elon Musk, whose own gestures and comments on Nazism have sparked controversy.

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[–] Naich@lemmings.world 88 points 1 year ago (2 children)

The dipshit didn't realise that there can be consequences if you aren't a billionaire.

[–] Joeffect@lemmy.world 26 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

But he proved a point... If he did the same thing musk did as a "joke" then now you can't deny musk did a Nazi salute if this guy got in trouble for it by copying him...

Add this to evidence against musk in his I'm not a Nazi lawsuit

[–] Pavidus@lemmy.world 60 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Ahhhhh...NOW it's called a Nazi salute. I get it.

[–] catloaf@lemm.ee 53 points 1 year ago (1 children)
[–] halcyoncmdr@lemmy.world 2 points 1 year ago

Should have used the word "obvious" instead.

[–] MyTurtleSwimsUpsideDown@fedia.io 34 points 1 year ago (2 children)

For those, like myself, who have never heard of the Anglican Catholic Church: they are neither Anglican nor Catholic.

[–] digger@lemmy.ca 10 points 1 year ago

Yeah. This is one of the breakaway groups from when the Episcopal Church started ordaining women in the 1970s. Fun fact: the "Anglican Catholic Church" was one of the names considered for the Episcopal Church when it was founded.

It's interesting to see the contrast between his remarks and that of Bishop Budde.

[–] homesweethomeMrL@lemmy.world 5 points 1 year ago

I thought it was the Atlantic Coast Conference

[–] Mouselemming@sh.itjust.works 16 points 1 year ago

They rightly condemn the Nazi salute, but they haven't quite realized that forcing unwilling women to undergo childbirth is Nazi tactics.

[–] big_slap@lemmy.world 15 points 1 year ago (1 children)

one person got away with it and now they're all gonna begin testing the waters

It's just like the "OK" sign they all just happened to do in the same exaggerated way. Or sometimes they just flash a 3% sign at the police while walking by to go murder people with their AR-15, and the cops toss you a water after the deed is done.

[–] Windex007@lemmy.world 12 points 1 year ago (1 children)

So his defense was that he was merely intending to humiliate people who find issue with the gesture?

[–] whotookkarl@lemmy.world 1 points 1 year ago

Some light treason

[–] bradv@lemmy.ca 8 points 1 year ago

No, no, no, I was saying Heil Musk

[–] Cheems@lemmy.world 8 points 1 year ago

I swear not everyone from Michigan is a radical fucking moron. There are a lot though.

[–] Wahots@pawb.social 7 points 1 year ago

Get defrocked, idiot. (I love the term "defrocked", haha)

[–] vodkasolution@feddit.it 6 points 1 year ago

Even the Angelican are better than those....guys

[–] admin@sh.itjust.works 6 points 1 year ago

What about the loser on top?

[–] jagged_circle@feddit.nl 1 points 1 year ago

What are frocks?