Sarah Gronert, 22, Professional Tennis Player from Germany, Struggling to Answer Whether She is Male or Female

I have heard of some crazy things in the news, but I can't understand what the big dust-up is with Sarah Gronert, a 22-year-old professional tennis player from Germany who desperately wants to compete in the woman's tour. You see she has been the victim of sometimes downright cruel scrutiny. Why? She is no ordinary young lady. She was born with male and female genitalia.

Sarah Gronert finds that her coaches and fellow tennis players have strong and rather insulting opinions of her 'gender', despite the fact that she is medically certified a woman after having her male genitalia removed, and is struggling to be accepted into the woman's tour. I cannot understand why people resort to insults when something or someone is contrary to them or their beliefs.

Gronert recently returned to tennis after almost abandoned her talent and career three years ago for the very same reasons - constant criticism and alienation because of the way she was born. Some have said that she hits the ball like a man, with more power than even Venus Williams (which can be construed as a dig against Williams). Folks, is this all these people have to argue about? The woman is not responsible for the fact that she was both with both male and female genitalia. Sorry, if she is certified as a woman, then dang, she is!

Sarah Gronert, 22, Professional Tennis Player from Germany, Struggling to Answer Whether She is Male or Female

I have heard of some crazy things in the news, but I can't understand what the big dust-up is with Sarah Gronert, a 22-year-old professional tennis player from Germany who desperately wants to compete in the woman's tour. You see she has been the victim of sometimes downright cruel scrutiny. Why? She is no ordinary young lady. She was born with male and female genitalia.

Sarah Gronert finds that her coaches and fellow tennis players have strong and rather insulting opinions of her 'gender', despite the fact that she is medically certified a woman after having her male genitalia removed, and is struggling to be accepted into the woman's tour. I cannot understand why people resort to insults when something or someone is contrary to them or their beliefs.

Gronert recently returned to tennis after almost abandoned her talent and career three years ago for the very same reasons - constant criticism and alienation because of the way she was born. Some have said that she hits the ball like a man, with more power than even Venus Williams (which can be construed as a dig against Williams). Folks, is this all these people have to argue about? The woman is not responsible for the fact that she was both with both male and female genitalia. Sorry, if she is certified as a woman, then dang, she is!

Bloodbath in Germany: At Least 15 Killed in Winnenden High School Shooting

Bloodbath in Germany. Another shooting rampage has been committed on a school. According to media reports, a former student opened fire randomly at a high school in southern Germany on Wednesday, killing at least 15 people and injuring others before fleeing the scene.

Germany's n-tv reported that police said the suspect was dressed in a black combat uniform. Regional police spokesman Klaus Hinderer said students were among the 10 killed, but he had no further details. The shooter entered Albertville high school in Winnenden at 9:30 a.m. and opened fire, shooting at random, before fleeing, police said. About 1,000 children attend the school, located in a suburb some 12 miles northeast of Stuttgart.

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Bloodbath in Germany: At Least 15 Killed in Winnenden High School Shooting

Bloodbath in Germany. Another shooting rampage has been committed on a school. According to media reports, a former student opened fire randomly at a high school in southern Germany on Wednesday, killing at least 15 people and injuring others before fleeing the scene.

Germany's n-tv reported that police said the suspect was dressed in a black combat uniform. Regional police spokesman Klaus Hinderer said students were among the 10 killed, but he had no further details. The shooter entered Albertville high school in Winnenden at 9:30 a.m. and opened fire, shooting at random, before fleeing, police said. About 1,000 children attend the school, located in a suburb some 12 miles northeast of Stuttgart.

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Calls for Pope Benedict XVI to Step Down Heat Up after He Allowed Holocaust Denier Bishop Richard Williamson, Four Others, Back into the Fold

I am all for people speaking out against the ills of our society, but to call for Pope Benedict XVI to step down because of his decision to lift the excommunication of a Holocaust denier Richard Williamson and four other bishops is simply ridiculous. How come nobody bothered to call for the previous Pope to step down after the thousands of revelations of sexual abuse a myriad of Roman Catholic priests, some of who were moved around from parish to parish? This latest wave of criticisms after the Pontiff's announcement have been particularly acrimonious in Germany, where denying the Holocaust is a crime punishable with a jail sentence. I don't dispute that fact. They are right to condemn his actions, but to ask him to step down is ridiculous. The Vatican clearly made a serious error in its actions and it needs to apologize to the Jews.

"If the pope wants to do some good for the Church, he should leave his job," eminent liberal Catholic theologian Hermann Haering told the German daily Tageszeitung. "That would not be a scandal, a bishop has to relinquish his position at 75 years, a cardinal loses his rights at 80 years," he said. Pope Benedict is 81.

Meanwhile, a senior Vatican official acknowledged the Vatican administration may have made "management errors" with the decision to , whose comments sparked the controversy. "I observe the debate with great concern. There were misunderstandings and management errors in the Curia," said Cardinal Walter Kasper, who is in charge of the Vatican department that deals with Jewish relations. "The Pope wanted to open the debate because he wanted unity inside and outside," the German cardinal told Vatican Radio. He also noted that "these bishops are still suspended." Source: Breitbart

Williamson, an English bishop had dismissed as "lies" historical evidence that six million Jews were gassed by the Nazis during World War II. Jews and Catholics alike have produced widespread criticism. From the start, I saw Pope Benedict to be a very controversial person, much to the knowledge of many, so they should not be terribly surprised by his actions. Just last week he named a controversial ultra-conservative priest as auxiliary bishop in Linz, criticism also came from within the Church. It is painfully obvious that he has his own agenda and doesn't seem to care one iota that his decisions seem to be on the ruthless side. They knew exactly what they were getting when the made him the Pope. Now deal with it. So, I guess there was no slavery either? Unbelievable.

Calls for Pope Benedict XVI to Step Down Heat Up after He Allowed Holocaust Denier Bishop Richard Williamson, Four Others, Back into the Fold

I am all for people speaking out against the ills of our society, but to call for Pope Benedict XVI to step down because of his decision to lift the excommunication of a Holocaust denier Richard Williamson and four other bishops is simply ridiculous. How come nobody bothered to call for the previous Pope to step down after the thousands of revelations of sexual abuse a myriad of Roman Catholic priests, some of who were moved around from parish to parish? This latest wave of criticisms after the Pontiff's announcement have been particularly acrimonious in Germany, where denying the Holocaust is a crime punishable with a jail sentence. I don't dispute that fact. They are right to condemn his actions, but to ask him to step down is ridiculous. The Vatican clearly made a serious error in its actions and it needs to apologize to the Jews.

"If the pope wants to do some good for the Church, he should leave his job," eminent liberal Catholic theologian Hermann Haering told the German daily Tageszeitung. "That would not be a scandal, a bishop has to relinquish his position at 75 years, a cardinal loses his rights at 80 years," he said. Pope Benedict is 81.

Meanwhile, a senior Vatican official acknowledged the Vatican administration may have made "management errors" with the decision to , whose comments sparked the controversy. "I observe the debate with great concern. There were misunderstandings and management errors in the Curia," said Cardinal Walter Kasper, who is in charge of the Vatican department that deals with Jewish relations. "The Pope wanted to open the debate because he wanted unity inside and outside," the German cardinal told Vatican Radio. He also noted that "these bishops are still suspended." Source: Breitbart

Williamson, an English bishop had dismissed as "lies" historical evidence that six million Jews were gassed by the Nazis during World War II. Jews and Catholics alike have produced widespread criticism. From the start, I saw Pope Benedict to be a very controversial person, much to the knowledge of many, so they should not be terribly surprised by his actions. Just last week he named a controversial ultra-conservative priest as auxiliary bishop in Linz, criticism also came from within the Church. It is painfully obvious that he has his own agenda and doesn't seem to care one iota that his decisions seem to be on the ruthless side. They knew exactly what they were getting when the made him the Pope. Now deal with it. So, I guess there was no slavery either? Unbelievable.

Archbishop of Canterbury Claims Karl Marx Correct in His Analysis of Capitalism, Warns Britian to Learn Lessons From Nazi Germany in Current Recession

Here we go again. Another "man of God" has ventured into dangerous territory. Well, Dr. Rowan Williams, the senior most cleric in the Church of England, in an article in "The Daily Telegraph," claimed Germany in the 1930s pursued a principle that worked consistently but only on the basis that "quite a lot of people that you might have thought mattered as human beings actually didn't." Yeah, this so-called epiphany has sparked controversy because of the comparison Williams made between Prime Minister Gordon Brown's response to the economic downturn and the Third Reich. Is this man really sane or just another nutjob in the guise of a senior cleric?

Dr Williams then appears to draw a parallel between the Nazis and the UK Government's policies for tackling the downturn, which he says fails to take account of the "particular human costs" to the most vulnerable in society.

"What about the unique concerns and crises of the pensioner whose savings have disappeared, the Woolworth's employee, the hopeful young executive, let alone the helpless producer of goods in some Third-world environment where prices are determined thousands of miles away?" he asks. In an apparent reference to the Prime Minister, who has claimed to be guided by a moral compass, the Archbishop also observes "without these anxieties about the specific costs, we've lost the essential moral compass".

It follows a disagreement with the Prime Minister last week in which the Archbishop likened Government policy on spending to "an addict returning to a drug". This prompted Mr Brown to allude to the Biblical parable of the Good Samaritan by claiming he could not "walk by on the other side" as people suffered. The Prime Minister has pledged to spend his way out of the economic downturn, increasing public borrowing to a record £200m a day. The Government has pledged £500 billion of taxpayers' money to bail out the banking system, and cut VAT by 2.5 per cent to get consumers spending again. Source: UK Telegraph

It seems that Archbishop Williams has come down with a case of amnesia. Only this summer, the Archbishop invited the Prime Minister to speak at a rally by Anglican bishops and hailed his commitment to ending world poverty. But he turned on Brown shortly after the collapse of banks worldwide in September. He called for governments to increase regulation of the financial sector and claimed that Karl Marx was correct in his analysis of the dangers of capitalism.

He denounced Mr Brown's plans to increase debt, saying: "I worry about that because it seems a little bit like the addict returning to the drug. "When the Bible uses the word 'repentance', it doesn't just mean beating your breast, it means getting a new perspective, and that is perhaps what we are shrinking away from."

In his article he warns of the dangers of "unconditional loyalty to a system" that turned into a "nightmare" in Germany under Hitler, in which only certain groups and ideas were valued, while others were deemed dispensable and suffering was ignored. He cites the lectures given by Karl Barth, a theologian who was driven into exile by Hitler, who had claimed that one of the benefits of Christianity is that believers are able to live without the "principles" that drive politics. Source: UK Telegraph

The Archbishop ends his rant by saying that the message of the Christmas story is one of unconditional love, and the idea that every human life must be valued. Geez, that's the only thing he said that I agree with. Why is it that these religious leaders have to get involved in politics? To compare Gordon Brown to Adolf Hitler is reprehensible and those words should not be uttered by anyone, especially a man of God. I fully expect to ruffle some feathers with this article, but really people, saying that Britain could learn lessons from Nazi Germany to cope with the recession is simply unChristianlike and really in poor taste. The Bible didn't instruct us to divide one another and use inflammatory language. The last person I expected to hear such vitriol from was certainly not a religious leader, especially an archbishop.

Archbishop of Canterbury Claims Karl Marx Correct in His Analysis of Capitalism, Warns Britian to Learn Lessons From Nazi Germany in Current Recession

Here we go again. Another "man of God" has ventured into dangerous territory. Well, Dr. Rowan Williams, the senior most cleric in the Church of England, in an article in "The Daily Telegraph," claimed Germany in the 1930s pursued a principle that worked consistently but only on the basis that "quite a lot of people that you might have thought mattered as human beings actually didn't." Yeah, this so-called epiphany has sparked controversy because of the comparison Williams made between Prime Minister Gordon Brown's response to the economic downturn and the Third Reich. Is this man really sane or just another nutjob in the guise of a senior cleric?

Dr Williams then appears to draw a parallel between the Nazis and the UK Government's policies for tackling the downturn, which he says fails to take account of the "particular human costs" to the most vulnerable in society.

"What about the unique concerns and crises of the pensioner whose savings have disappeared, the Woolworth's employee, the hopeful young executive, let alone the helpless producer of goods in some Third-world environment where prices are determined thousands of miles away?" he asks. In an apparent reference to the Prime Minister, who has claimed to be guided by a moral compass, the Archbishop also observes "without these anxieties about the specific costs, we've lost the essential moral compass".

It follows a disagreement with the Prime Minister last week in which the Archbishop likened Government policy on spending to "an addict returning to a drug". This prompted Mr Brown to allude to the Biblical parable of the Good Samaritan by claiming he could not "walk by on the other side" as people suffered. The Prime Minister has pledged to spend his way out of the economic downturn, increasing public borrowing to a record £200m a day. The Government has pledged £500 billion of taxpayers' money to bail out the banking system, and cut VAT by 2.5 per cent to get consumers spending again. Source: UK Telegraph

It seems that Archbishop Williams has come down with a case of amnesia. Only this summer, the Archbishop invited the Prime Minister to speak at a rally by Anglican bishops and hailed his commitment to ending world poverty. But he turned on Brown shortly after the collapse of banks worldwide in September. He called for governments to increase regulation of the financial sector and claimed that Karl Marx was correct in his analysis of the dangers of capitalism.

He denounced Mr Brown's plans to increase debt, saying: "I worry about that because it seems a little bit like the addict returning to the drug. "When the Bible uses the word 'repentance', it doesn't just mean beating your breast, it means getting a new perspective, and that is perhaps what we are shrinking away from."

In his article he warns of the dangers of "unconditional loyalty to a system" that turned into a "nightmare" in Germany under Hitler, in which only certain groups and ideas were valued, while others were deemed dispensable and suffering was ignored. He cites the lectures given by Karl Barth, a theologian who was driven into exile by Hitler, who had claimed that one of the benefits of Christianity is that believers are able to live without the "principles" that drive politics. Source: UK Telegraph

The Archbishop ends his rant by saying that the message of the Christmas story is one of unconditional love, and the idea that every human life must be valued. Geez, that's the only thing he said that I agree with. Why is it that these religious leaders have to get involved in politics? To compare Gordon Brown to Adolf Hitler is reprehensible and those words should not be uttered by anyone, especially a man of God. I fully expect to ruffle some feathers with this article, but really people, saying that Britain could learn lessons from Nazi Germany to cope with the recession is simply unChristianlike and really in poor taste. The Bible didn't instruct us to divide one another and use inflammatory language. The last person I expected to hear such vitriol from was certainly not a religious leader, especially an archbishop.