Is Pope Francis Really a Progressive Example?

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29. This is a somewhat unique political combination;

fiscal progressivism combined with social conservatism. Usually when people are fiscally-progressive, they tend to be almost always socially-progressive, and when people are socially-conservative, they are fiscally-conservative. In fact, even fiscal conservatives who are socially-progressives are more common than those who hold stances similar to the Pope.

As far as if I would vote for someone with those beliefs in an election, I would if he or she ends up being the Dem nominee. As someone who is male and straight, I would have a somewhat guilty conscious about voting for someone with those type of backwards social beliefs, but simultaneously, their economic beliefs would be in the best interest for people like me who happen to be poor. When you get right down to it, the Pope seems to probably be even more progressive on fiscal/economic policy than many elected Democrats.