Monsignor Clueless does Hooters

As part of a private opening party, Monsignor Isidore Rozycki, the head Catholic priest for the Greater Waco area, plans to bless the chain's newest location at New Road and Interstate 35.

The 63-year-old priest says he knows some people might think it's odd for a man of the cloth to bless a restaurant best known for waitresses who wear tight tops and short shorts.

Rozycki also knows the move may draw the ire of other local religious leaders.
About 60 local ministers signed a letter this fall in which they expressed their disapproval of the restaurant. They said they oppose Hooters because it exploits women and bases its marketing campaign on sexual innuendo.

OK, he knows this place of sexual display and fun might seem odd because it
is exploitive and markets sexual innuendo. He must have a good reason for
pubilicly breaking ranks with 60 Christian ministers... let's see what he's
thinking.

“You bless the building so it will be a safe haven, so that the families that enter will be blessed, so the employees will be blessed as they support their families.”

The families will be "blessed". No further information regarding what that
blessing might be. Aren't the customers mainly guys rather than families at
Hooters? And the employees will be "blessed" as they support their families. Is
the employment picture in Waco really so dire, that college women are forced to
work at Hooters to support the families? I doubt it.

He pointed to the biblical story of Jesus eating with a tax collector, even though men in that profession were considered among the worst of sinners. He says he doesn't see how attending the Hooters event is any different. “God's image is in all of these folks,” Rozycki said.

Well yes, but Jesus always added "go your way and sin no more". Msgr.
Clueless is blessing a new operation that has a growing future, not advocating
"sin no more". What does God's image have to do with supporting a pandering to
sex during lunch?

People who go to the restaurant with lust in their hearts are sure to find what they are looking for, Rozycki said.

Sure to find what they are looking for. I'm sure that just adds to the
"fun" atmosphere. Are there many of us walking without a little lust in our
hearts? Not me unfortunately.

“I look it as a very fun place. It was a place of laughter. You forget about the tensions and stress of daily life and get an opportunity to laugh with friends. And it's great food.”

Laughing, fun, good food, hooters. Err.. it's the hooters part causing the
laughing and fun Father. And the fact the college girls are providing you laughs
and fun and hooters for a pay check. They don't really think you are so witty
and fun. You buy their time for the duration of lunch. Get real.

“I like to make people laugh,” said Rozycki

“I think it shows we are just catching up with bigger cities,” the retired priest added. “We can't be narrow-minded. People won't accept that anymore. If they don't get it here, they'll go somewhere else. I think Hooters is just one of those commodities people should use in moderation.”

People as commodity. Now he's getting to the point.

This is all fine if Rozycki weren't a Priest. One who can't see that the
girls are paid to laugh and strut for tips. One who makes them feel better about
what they are doing, and makes the customers feel better about what they are
paying for.

Rozycki also pointed out that Hooters offers tuition assistance and has helped college students earn money to put themselves through school.

Do you know why they do this Mr. Fun? So they can continue to attract young
college women to please you for an hour. Would it be as much fun if they
provided extended health insurance to retired grandmothers with sizable
hooters and those cute short pants? Perhaps from the local Rest Home? A different kind of "fun" I know.

He's one mixed up funny guy. Perhaps he should read the story about St.
Francis and the prostitute. St. Francis thought more of the woman's dignity, and
her own dignity in God's image, than this wacko Waco's Padre.

I think we
should pray to St. Padre Pio for this Monsignor. They should have a little talk.