Well summed it Up Sir. Sam On Mon, Dec 8, 2014 at 6:47 AM, Aires Rodrigues <[email protected]> wrote:
> At the current Exposition of the sacred relics of the Saint Francis Xavier > the church authorities have strictly banned clicking of any pictures of the > Saint as it disrupted the sanctity of the Exposition. > > > "The entire sanctity of the occasion is lost. The time has to be spent in > prayer before St Francis Xavier and not used in clicking pictures” is what > the Church had said while justifying the banning of all photography inside > the Church. > > > So why was this rule breached when Manohar Parrikar visited the Church > yesterday. Why do these so-called VIPs need special treatment even at the > holy shrines when as per all religions every human is equal and even the > Constitution of India provides the right to equality? Special treatment for > VIPs at religious shrines should be done away with. > > > And ironically it was Manohar Parrikar who during his first tenure as Chief > Minister had high-handedly attempted to do away with the holidays on Good > Friday and the feast of St Francis Xavier as well. Was he yesterday seeking > forgiveness? It is too little too late, Mr. Parrikar. You have done > irreversible damage to Goa’s secular fabric. > > > > Aires Rodrigues > > Advocate High Court > > C/G-2, Shopping Complex > > Ribandar Retreat, > > Ribandar – Goa – 403006 > > Mobile No: 9822684372 > > Office Tel No: (0832) 2444012 > > Email: [email protected] > > Or > > [email protected] > > You can also reach me on > > Facebook.com/ AiresRodrigues > > Twitter@rodrigues_aires >
