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Friday, May 14, 2010

Empire State Bldg. Stiffs Mother Teresa


Bill Donohue will be on The World Over tonight 5/14 on EWTN at 8:00 p.m. est to discuss this.




So the Empire State Building will light up red to celebrate the anniversary of communism (see left), but not blue and white to honor Mother Teresa ?



On August 26, the U.S. Postal Service is honoring the 100th anniversary of the birth of Mother Teresa. On February 2, I submitted an application to the Empire State Building Lighting Partners requesting that the tower lights feature blue and white, the colors of Mother Teresa's congregation, the Missionaries of Charity, on August 26. On May 5, the request was denied without explanation.


Mother Teresa received 124 awards, including the Nobel Peace Prize, the Presidential Medal of Freedom and the Congressional Medal of Freedom. She built hundreds of orphanages, hospitals, hospices, health clinics, homeless shelters, youth shelters and soup kitchens all over the world, and is revered in India for her work. She created the first hospice in Greenwich Village for AIDS patients. Not surprisingly, she was voted the most admired woman in the world three years in a row in the mid-1990s. But she is not good enough to be honored by the Empire State Building.


Last year the Empire State Building shone in red and yellow lights to honor the 60th anniversary of the Chinese Communist Revolution. Yet under its founder, Mao Zedong, the Communists killed 77 million people. In other words, the greatest mass murderer in history merited the same tribute being denied to Mother Teresa.


We are launching a nationwide petition drive protesting this indefensible decision (TO SIGN THE PETITION, Click HERE). We are petitioning Anthony Malkin, the owner of the Empire State Building, to reverse this decision.


To protest this decision, contact: lightingpartner@esbnyc.com

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