Pope Francis drives an '84 Renault...

[MADem]

90. This is not a thread about religion--it's a thread about a 1984 car with 190,000 km on it, that is

owned by a church leader who lives in a "country" (The Vatican) that has a seat at the UN. His ownership of the car suggests that he is more humble than his predecessors.

There are, I would wager, plenty of practicing Catholics--like Joe Biden--who don't believe that being a practicing Catholic constitutes "aggressions against LGBT and pro choice people." I think these people are hopeful that the Pope will change the climate in their church. They aren't using him to "attack good people," they're hoping for a better day.

I mean, unless you think Joe Biden is a gay-hating anti-choicer...?? Is that what you're saying with that broad brush?

Your last sentence is insulting to Skinner and this website. This isn't Free Republic, where people are afraid to discuss topics. It's also phrased in a very strange way, that makes me question your sincerity. Sure you're not more interested in pot-stirring, in dividing, than trying to find areas of common ground, there? A straw man comment about asking Skinner to "ban the gays" is just a hurtful and rude thing to say. He'd be better off banning the deliberately disruptive, or the willfully obtuse, IMO...!