"I've never heard bigotry sound so virtuous."

[Bluenorthwest]

7. My contention Bryant is that when folks post about the Pope in GD it is fitting to discuss him

in terms of politics, current events and secular activism he takes part in. It is NOT fitting for folks to post 'I love the Pope' and expect the discussion in GD to be devoid of political content. Folks who want to discuss the Pope in GD but who also want to hound those who don't play Pope Public Relations games are posting in the wrong place. If they want to say 'he embraces gay people' when the fact is that he is an active opponent of LGBT rights and has a long raft of horrific hate speech to his credit should do that in religious forums if they do not wish to hear the truth of the matter.
This OP is about politically active churches, I don't care what you call your club, if you do politics, it is a political organization, see Prop 8. Waving about symbols and bits of dogma does not mean you get to discuss political matters as if they were religious matters.
Since this OP is about political churches, and it is being discussed politically, it's fine. Especially considering there have been dozens of 'We love a bigot' posts in GD that expect others to pretend the object of adoration is not a bigot.