{"id":6451,"date":"2012-02-11T08:00:48","date_gmt":"2012-02-11T13:00:48","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.patheos.com\/blogs\/yimcatholic\/?p=6451"},"modified":"2017-01-24T18:12:37","modified_gmt":"2017-01-24T23:12:37","slug":"a-song-dedication-to-all-the-bishops-and-for-standing-up-for-religious-freedom","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.patheos.com\/blogs\/yimcatholic\/2012\/02\/a-song-dedication-to-all-the-bishops-and-for-standing-up-for-religious-freedom.html","title":{"rendered":"A Song Dedication to All the Bishops, and Those Standing Up for Religious Freedom"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<\/head>

Sorry guys, but after reading the USCCB\u2019s response<\/a> to the ridiculous proposal by Seizure to rip our religious freedoms away, I just can\u2019t help but share this tune with you. After all, we have a long standing tradition of holding fast<\/a>, and not knuckling under.<\/p>\n

So here\u2019s the Traveling Wilburys singing their classic hit, I Won\u2019t Back Down<\/em>. It just seems tailor made for the occasion, doesn\u2019t it?<\/p>\n<\/iframe>\n<p>Also, don\u2019t forget on this <a href=\"http:\/\/egregioustwaddle.blogspot.com\/2012\/02\/go-to-her-our-lady-of-lourdes-and-power.html\" class=\" decorated-link\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\">Feast of Our Lady of Lourdes<\/a>, the Dominican Nuns of Nashville <a href=\"https:\/\/www.patheos.com\/blogs\/yimcatholic\/2012\/02\/the-nuns-from-nashville-are-awesome.html\" class=\" decorated-link\" target=\"_blank\">are hosting a novena that starts today<\/a>. Nine days of prayer for our country. 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