Pope Francis drives an '84 Renault...

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74. And I came back to add this: if you don't want to talk about the politicss of the Pope, don't make

OP's about him in the General Discussion area of a political discussion board, a forum that explicitly says religious subjects are not welcome. Go to religion groups with dogma and theological excuses for human actions. To do so in a political forum and then complain when others do not share the theology and see the issues as political and human is an arrogance beyond measure. Francis is the world's leading anti gay cleric. If folks want to praise him in a political forum, they need to accept that fact. To deny it is a horrific lie. Francis is also the world's leading opponent of reproductive choice and equality for women. It is simply wrong to demand that those who do not hold that faith pretend otherwise in a political forum.
I assume, to be clear, that any discussion of Francis or religious things that is placed with intention in General Discussion is meant to be discussed politically because of the fact that religion is not a subject allowed in General Discussion and because there are groups on DU in which matters of faith and religious leaders are protected from political discussion. If it is in GD, it is political, not religious. That's how GD works.
If folks want to gather to adore Francis, they should not do so in GD. They should follow the rules like everyone else.