Religious sectarianism alive and kicking in Scottish football


	Religious sectarianism alive and kicking in Scottish football

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<div style="margin: 12px 0px; font-family: arial; color: #333333; background: #ffffff; border: solid 4px #e5e5e5; width: 100%; clear: left;"><div class="CM_CTB_Content_Wrap" style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px;background-color: #ffffff;"><div style="border-bottom: solid 1px #dcdcdc; white-space: nowrap; margin-bottom: 8px; background-color: #eeeeee ;background-image: url(http://clipmarks.com/images/source-bg.gif); background-repeat: repeat-x; height: 24px; line-height: 24px; vertical-align: middle; padding-bottom: 4px; color: #666666; font-size: 10px;" ><a href="http://clipmarks.com/clip-to-blog/" title="see clips that are hot right now"><img src="http://content.clipmarks.com/blog_embed/49101a88-a3f6-4aa4-bc18-5f5b89ab69d1/55514A20-DFF7-482F-AE95-99A6E1F7BFE6/" alt="" width="19" height="19" border="0" style="vertical-align: middle; margin: 0px 4px; display: inline; border: none; float:none;" /></a>clipped from <a title="http://blog.newhumanist.org.uk/2008/04/questionable-ways-to-defuse-sectarian.html" href="http://blog.newhumanist.org.uk/2008/04/questionable-ways-to-defuse-sectarian.html" style="font-size: 11px;">blog.newhumanist.org.uk</a></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://blog.newhumanist.org.uk/2008/04/questionable-ways-to-defuse-sectarian.html"><DIV>Given that Celtic vs Rangers is a football derby with a long history of sectarian rivalry, you'd think the players might see it as wise to rise above it all and stay out of matters relating to the respective merits of Protestantism and Catholicism.</DIV></blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://blog.newhumanist.org.uk/2008/04/questionable-ways-to-defuse-sectarian.html"><DIV>But if you're Celtic's Polish goalkeeper Artur Boruc, it seems the appropriate way to celebrate keeping the championship race alive with a 3-2 victory over Rangers is to remove your jersey to <A href="http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/football/teams/c/celtic/7370125.stm">reveal a t-shirt bearing a photo of the late Pope John Paul II</A> alongside the slogan "God Bless the Pope".</DIV></blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://blog.newhumanist.org.uk/2008/04/questionable-ways-to-defuse-sectarian.html">Boruc's a pious chap - nicknamed "Holy Goalie" by Celtic fans</blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://blog.newhumanist.org.uk/2008/04/questionable-ways-to-defuse-sectarian.html">In 2006 he received a police caution for breach of the peace for allegedly making "obscene gestures and blessings" to the Rangers fans</blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://blog.newhumanist.org.uk/2008/04/questionable-ways-to-defuse-sectarian.html">It doesn't seem Boruc's latest antics have landed him in too much trouble with manager Gordon Strachan</blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://blog.newhumanist.org.uk/2008/04/questionable-ways-to-defuse-sectarian.html">"He's not a bad lad, to be fair (the Pope). If it was 'God bless Myra Hindley', I might have a problem."</blockquote></div><div style="margin: 0px 6px 6px 4px;"><table style="font-size: 11px;border-spacing: 0px;padding: 0px;" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" width="100%"><tr><td style="background:transparent;border-width:0px;padding:0px;">&nbsp;</td><td align="right" style="background:transparent;border-width:0px;padding:0px;width:107px" width="107"><a href="http://clipmarks.com/share/55514A20-DFF7-482F-AE95-99A6E1F7BFE6/blog/" title="blog or email this clip"><img src="http://content6.clipmarks.com/images/c2b-foot.png" border="0" alt="blog it" width="107" height="17" style="border-width:0px;padding:0px;margin:0px;" /></a></td></tr></table></div></div>

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