[Magdalen] Sect?

[Grace Cangialosi]

Well, I did look up the meaning, and it basically means a subdivision of a larger group, like a denomination, but it is often used pejoratively.

> On Jul 3, 2015, at 11:24 AM, Lynn Ronkainen <houstonklr at gmail.com> wrote:
> 
> "sect" is obviously in the mind of the beholder. Who's what is obviously a matter of a category of privilege. 
> Lynn
> 
> Sent from my iPhone
> 
> On Jul 3, 2015, at 8:38 AM, Grace Cangialosi <gracecan at gmail.com> wrote:
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> 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:
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>> http://www.nytimes.com/aponline/2015/06/09/us/ap-us-obit-headline-writer.html?_r=0
>> 
>> Cheers,
>> Jim
>>