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51. 2010 letter - he states gay marriage from Satan

Mon Apr 15, 2013, 03:08 PM

Apr 2013

http://www.ncregister.com/blog/edward-pentin/cardinal_bergoglio_hits_out_at_same-sex_marriage

He wrote: “In the coming weeks, the Argentine people will face a situation whose outcome can seriously harm the family…At stake is the identity and survival of the family: father, mother and children. At stake are the lives of many children who will be discriminated against in advance, and deprived of their human development given by a father and a mother and willed by God. At stake is the total rejection of God’s law engraved in our hearts.”

Cardinal Bergoglio continued: “Let us not be naive: this is not simply a political struggle, but it is an attempt to destroy God’s plan. It is not just a bill (a mere instrument) but a ‘move’ of the father of lies who seeks to confuse and deceive the children of God.”

In both remarks about women and about homosexual rights, he is speaking in a political context.

He was attempting to undermine liberalization in Argentina - in the case of women, he was speaking against a female presidential candidate, to claim it was unnatural for women to hold political (or any of sort of) power.

He's a pig.

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