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2013-03-13T19:45:41+00:00

http://thinkprogress.org/politics/2013/03/13/1714691/new-pope-elected/ "Bergoglio has affirmed church teaching on homosexuality, contraception and abortion and is considered to be among the most conservative in Latin America. In 2010, for instance, Bergoglio stated that same-sex adoption is a form of discrimination against children and has said that same-sex marriage is a scheme to destroy Gods plan and a real and dire anthropological throwback. He strongly opposed legislation introduced in 2010 by the Argentine Government to allow for marriage equality"