[Magdalen] Sect?

[Grace Cangialosi]

I didn't mean any disrespect to Mormons by my comment. I had always understood that the Mormon Church and Jehovah's witnesses were sects, rather than denominations.

On Jul 3, 2015, at 9:01 AM, "Jim Guthrie" <jguthrie at pipeline.com> wrote:

>> I notice that the Huffington Post news subsidiary of AOL
>> has an article covering the vote of TEC General Convention,
>> and it is under the headline, "Christian Sect Votes for Same-Sex
>> Marriage."
>> 
>> Sect?
> 
> Sect also works better in a headline than "Denomination" or anything else, I think. Can you think of a description that fits in fewer than five letters?
> 
> And, of course, the complaint (and the line about Mormons)  is exactly why one doesn’t see serious religious news in the mass media. No matter what you write, someone will complain.
> 
> People of faith have no concept of "just make sure my name is spelled correctly."
> 
> Which reminds me -- speaking of headlines -- Vincent Musetto died last month. He wrote one of the classic tabloid headlines of all time -- probably ranked at the top along with the NY Daily News's "Ford to City: Drop Dead."
> 
> Musetto, working then for the NY Post, wrote the great
> 
> "Headless Body in Topless Bar"
> 
> When I was running the Zipper in Times Square, the desk where I worked had a framed copy of that front page for "inspiration."  But whenever I was inspired to write something as, uhmmmm accurately succinct --  my boss would complain.
> 
> See:
> 
> http://www.nytimes.com/aponline/2015/06/09/us/ap-us-obit-headline-writer.html?_r=0
> 
> Cheers,
> Jim
>