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Bigmack

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5. What he said....

Reply to KamaAina (Original post)

Fri Jun 19, 2015, 02:13 PM

Jun 2015

... is surprising for a guy who accepts science generally.

About half a percent of the population is born with ambiguous genitals. Coin toss on which gender they are. Doctors used to assign a gender at birth, based on their evaluation of the structures the kid was born with.

That's roughly 1.6 million Americans.

And that only counts the people with ambiguous genitals...not the people whose brain/hormone gender is ambiguous.

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The Pope�s advice to trans people? �Accept the body God gave you� [View all] KamaAina Jun 2015 OP

The pope can go fuck himself. HERVEPA Jun 2015 #1

Not with the body God gave him. KamaAina Jun 2015 #2

true. HERVEPA Jun 2015 #3

The Pope - STILL horrible on issues relating to women and the LGBT community. bullwinkle428 Jun 2015 #4

What he said.... Bigmack Jun 2015 #5

when you're part of the "God doesn't make mistakes" idiotic mindset Skittles Jun 2015 #6

Or we could all accept the brains God gave us gollygee Jun 2015 #7

You didn't get the memo. We are suppose to be ignoring his hate and bigotry.... NCTraveler Jun 2015 #8

It's about time the pope was the enemy again. ileus Jun 2015 #9

He's still in the dark ages on some issues damnedifIknow Jun 2015 #10

You might be interested in this, then KamaAina Jun 2015 #11

Advice to the Pope: Learn what love really is, and learn how to live it. nt Zorra Jun 2015 #12

It's interesting that people are still excusing this man for all of his bigotry. Bluenorthwest Jun 2015 #13

Not surprised he's ignorant about being transgender. eShirl Jun 2015 #14

Why doesn't god tell this clown that Politicalboi Jun 2015 #15

My advice to him: "Mind your own goddamn business." nt Guy Whitey Corngood Jun 2015 #16

My advice to the Pope is to quit trying to play both sides Jamastiene Jun 2015 #17

The current pope is another example of "the Obama effect" AZ Progressive Jun 2015 #18

You got it! KamaAina Jun 2015 #19

That's strange I always thought it was Mother that gave life, not Father. Rex Jun 2015 #20