Pope Endorses Referendum Denying Marriage And Adoption Rights To Same-Sex Couples

[AtheistCrusader]

73. In this case, they are one and the same.

For the exact same reasons I already linked you to. For all the readily-available political history of the current pope, before and after he took the position.

You deflect; 'the pope has no civil authority'. Patently untrue. The Pope is the head of a sovereign nation. The pope is also the head of a religious org with which more than 2/3rds of the country in question identify as members of. The pope is the head of a religious org that has an official doctrine on same sex marriage (agin' it). The pope is personally against it. Shocked by it. Speaks out on it regularly. Complains that it endangers the 'institution of marriage'. That same sex couples adopting children amounts to discrimination against the child in question. Speaks out in nations like Argentina, the Philippines, and now Slovakia explicitly decrying same sex marriage whenever legalization or bans pop up as political issues. He broadcasts that bigoted opinion for a reason; his opinion carries weight with the target audience.

The bigoted church doctrine, his personal bigoted opinion, and his bigoted 'professional' opinion as pope, are fully in alignment, as is the political will of the bigoted dominant-majority roman catholic Slovakian population. 90% of their parliament voted for it. I see no negative political repercussions for those members of parliament in their national political climate. Because it's drawn directly from the will of the dominant political majority in that country.
69% Roman Catholic.

Hand wave that away however you like, but I'm going to keep calling you on it when you try.


The pope is encouraging/fomenting/reinforcing bigotry. Going out of his way to speak to a majority catholic population when the issue arises politically. Don't like it? Why don't you change it instead of posting here, deflecting, and obfuscating?