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In reply to the discussion: Pope Francis describes ‘ideological Christians’ as a ‘serious illness’ within the Church [View all]Bluenorthwest
(45,319 posts)Nearly three years before Argentina became known as home to the first Latin American pope, it made history as the first country in the region to approve gay marriage an action that then-Cardinal Bergoglio actively opposed.
The gay community here remembers Bergoglio, now Pope Francis, as the man who launched "a war of God" against the move to approve gay marriage.
"He was the visible face of the Catholic Church's opposition to equal marriage and he approached it from a fundamentalist position, posturing that he had to wage a war of God against what he considered a plan of the devil," said Esteban Paulon, president of the Argentine Federation of Lesbians, Gays, Bisexuals and Transsexuals.
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2013/03/15/argentine-gay-pope-francis-war-of-god-against-same-sex-marriage_n_2885596.htl
"In fact, then-Cardinal Jose Bergoglio was a major force against the 2010 move to legalize same-sex marriage in his native Argentina. Though he ultimately failed, Bergoglio used the full weight of the church to crush the measure.
Here, a collection of his very worst quotes on the issue.
1. A Senate vote on gay marriage is a destructive pretension against the plan of God
From a letter to the Carmelite Sisters of Buenos Aires on the perils of marriage equality:
Lets not be naïve, were not talking about a simple political battle; it is a destructive pretension against the plan of God. We are not talking about a mere bill, but rather a machination of the Father of Lies that seeks to confuse and deceive the children of God.
http://www.salon.com/2013/03/14/pope_francis_on_gay_rights_his_5_worst_quotes/
Edited to add a special note that you equate being gay with gluttony and our marriages with heterosexual's divorces. Disgusting.