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Bluenorthwest

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69. The context of this place is politics. Drag your sacred things into politics and others will treat

Fri Mar 25, 2016, 12:40 PM

Mar 2016

them as political objects and persons. That's our right and that is without question. If you want to keep things which are sacred to you sacred do not use them as objects of political trade. Do not come to me in a political context and say 'My bigoted anti choice priest is a good man'. If you want to do that in your Church or home or in a religious forum that's super great.

I see no reason why the OP should be allowed to promote bigots with the excuse that they are religious when this forum is political and claims to oppose bigots and to support reproductive choice, which the bigot opposes, he is actually the world's leading anti choice and anti gay activist.

He's a bigot. He's anti choice. I'm gay and pro-choice. I don't like anti choice bigots. What are you going to do about it, force me to convert at gunpoint?

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The Vicar of Rome [View all] AngryAmish Mar 2016 OP

That's not even interesting as a fetish. n/t bvf Mar 2016 #1

you really don't need to piss on the OP's intent Demonaut Mar 2016 #2

And Frank doesn't need to piss on millions bvf Mar 2016 #3

The Church isn't against condoms for AIDS prevention anymore, if that's what pnwmom Mar 2016 #46

Have you actually read the words behind this bvf Mar 2016 #96

Then please point to your posts saying similar things about Muslims. n/t pnwmom Mar 2016 #97

I said and meant all religion. bvf Mar 2016 #98

Then when have you posted about Muslims in the way you have about Catholics? pnwmom Mar 2016 #99

What slurs are those? bvf Mar 2016 #101

You can't point to your slams about Muslims because you don't have any. n/t pnwmom Mar 2016 #102

Then you haven't been reading this thread. bvf Mar 2016 #104

Why doesn't this belong in RELIGION? brooklynite Mar 2016 #86

The OP's intent is to promote an anti choice and ravingly anti gay clergyman as some moral authority Bluenorthwest Mar 2016 #20

This atheist asks that for Good Friday, you might refrain. nt msanthrope Mar 2016 #4

+1,000,000 vanlassie Mar 2016 #5

Celebrate the positive pinboy3niner Mar 2016 #6

See #3. bvf Mar 2016 #7

"the positive"? What positive? mr blur Mar 2016 #12

This Pope has changed the Church's position on condoms for AIDS prevention. n/t pnwmom Mar 2016 #47

The pope and his bigoted death cult skepticscott Mar 2016 #13

Bigoted death cult? Such a reasoned response. kwassa Mar 2016 #24

Feel free to dispute either one skepticscott Mar 2016 #27

They oppose same-sex marriage. That's about it. kwassa Mar 2016 #33

As expected, you choose option 3..win for me skepticscott Mar 2016 #38

It doesn't fit the definition of bigotry kwassa Mar 2016 #88

By your "definition" skepticscott Mar 2016 #94

Not my definition, the dictionary definition. kwassa Mar 2016 #114

Response #3 was (totally unsurprisingly) chosen. trotsky Mar 2016 #36

Right. It's fine to slur Catholics in a way it's never fine to slur other religions. pnwmom Mar 2016 #48

The OP is about the pope and the rcc skepticscott Mar 2016 #53

Calling the Church a "bigoted death cult" is a slur. nt pnwmom Mar 2016 #54

See Post 15 skepticscott Mar 2016 #57

Under Pope Francis the Church has changed with regard to AIDS prevention pnwmom Mar 2016 #62

Some people here have some unresolved issues from their childhoods. Gomez163 Mar 2016 #65

Really? Critics of the pope and his church, with its anti-gay agenda, have unresolved issues? trotsky Mar 2016 #67

Yes, some people have been so skepticscott Mar 2016 #71

Bullshit skepticscott Mar 2016 #70

Refrain from expressing an opinion? bvf Mar 2016 #8

Yes. Refrain. nt msanthrope Mar 2016 #9

How does "no" work for you? bvf Mar 2016 #10

You don't even know what you are looking at. kwassa Mar 2016 #25

No, of course not. bvf Mar 2016 #87

This song doesn't have a refrain AlbertCat Mar 2016 #34

If it's so Good, this Friday, why doesn't the RCC refrain from bigotry and misogyny on that day? Bluenorthwest Mar 2016 #14

This atheist says no, because that's dumb. Act_of_Reparation Mar 2016 #17

Correction 1939 Mar 2016 #11

Good Friday 2016 will see approximately 3,350 deaths from HIV/AIDS in Africa, RCC forbids the use Bluenorthwest Mar 2016 #15

But...but... skepticscott Mar 2016 #16

None of them are able to discuss Africa and AIDS and maintain their adoration of Frank so what they Bluenorthwest Mar 2016 #18

Oh, they're able. Act_of_Reparation Mar 2016 #19

But talking about Frank's Delima is not actually talking about AIDS in Africa, a subject they don't Bluenorthwest Mar 2016 #21

Those 166 should wait until tomorrow... Rainforestgoddess Mar 2016 #28

Quiet, you! trotsky Mar 2016 #29

Good Friday edhopper Mar 2016 #22

I know Christ mythology is the new "in thing" Drahthaardogs Mar 2016 #23

I think Yeshua was a real man edhopper Mar 2016 #108

The religion haters are out in force today. kwassa Mar 2016 #26

Maybe it has something to do with the devout shoving the faith in everyone's face those days. trotsky Mar 2016 #30

What's out in force are the apologists skepticscott Mar 2016 #31

We're not allowed to criticize the Pope on holy days of obligation? Act_of_Reparation Mar 2016 #32

Then perhaps they should put religious posts in the religion forum... truebrit71 Mar 2016 #51

Actually, I agree with you. No reason for them to be in GD. Put them in the Religious forum where shrike Mar 2016 #56

Some of the responses in this thread are proof positive that.... Tommy_Carcetti Mar 2016 #35

What's proven in this thread skepticscott Mar 2016 #41

What it demonstrates is there is a ready supply of assholery, not even barely concealed. rug Mar 2016 #89

QED skepticscott Mar 2016 #90

Res ipso facto. rug Mar 2016 #93

Jury results JustABozoOnThisBus Mar 2016 #103

Thanks for posting the results. rug Mar 2016 #105

I don't know why anyone bothers with posts like this one shrike Mar 2016 #37

What do you think about the RCC's global effort to deny equal rights to homosexuals... trotsky Mar 2016 #39

What the hell does that matter? Orrex Mar 2016 #42

I'm sure they think that's just fine skepticscott Mar 2016 #43

Didn't I say they shouldn't post this stuff in GD? shrike Mar 2016 #45

Your response proves my point. n/t shrike Mar 2016 #44

Proves what point? trotsky Mar 2016 #58

No. Proves my point that these posts are a waste of everybody's time. shrike Mar 2016 #61

Then blame the OP. trotsky Mar 2016 #66

Yes, there certainly are, gay Republicans shrike Mar 2016 #72

"We can't assume all the members of one community hold the same opinion." trotsky Mar 2016 #73

Okay, we can agree on some things. shrike Mar 2016 #74

No one said that, either skepticscott Mar 2016 #79

Actually, that's exactly what you said upthread. Oh well, I've got a busy weekend, don't have shrike Mar 2016 #120

One can be progressive and Catholic. Just as one can be gay and Republican. trotsky Mar 2016 #82

Gay catholics and gay republicans skepticscott Mar 2016 #84

The OP's intent was to point out the hypocrisy of this asshole. AngryAmish Mar 2016 #95

Sheesh, it's sad skepticscott Mar 2016 #50

I've changed my mind. You love these posts. There should be more of them. shrike Mar 2016 #52

Frank is great at PR & at making bold statements about stuff he can't change Orrex Mar 2016 #40

Thank you. He's trying to influence millions of Catholics in a positive way. pnwmom Mar 2016 #49

Yes, teaching people that homosexuals are "inherently disordered" skepticscott Mar 2016 #55

Look at it this way. trotsky Mar 2016 #59

When do people here ever slur all Muslims the way they feel free to slur all Catholics? pnwmom Mar 2016 #60

That's funny, because there have been many threads lately complaining about the smearing of Muslims. trotsky Mar 2016 #63

We have the most liberal Pope in history Gomez163 Mar 2016 #64

No, I'm not satisfied. trotsky Mar 2016 #68

When the facts change and you don't change Gomez163 Mar 2016 #80

I can't wait for those facts to change. trotsky Mar 2016 #81

The context of this place is politics. Drag your sacred things into politics and others will treat Bluenorthwest Mar 2016 #69

The only thing that you left out of your post... Orrex Mar 2016 #76

If you can't see that this Pope is different, Gomez163 Mar 2016 #77

Jury results edbermac Mar 2016 #83

I'd say that about 20% of my hidden posts have been for exactly that insult Orrex Mar 2016 #85

"liberal" in what way? NYC Liberal Mar 2016 #111

I wonder where this came from... yuiyoshida Mar 2016 #75

It foreshadowed the kiss of Judas. rug Mar 2016 #91

I am Buddhist so I am not that yuiyoshida Mar 2016 #109

From the story in the Bible of Jesus washing the feet of his disciples. pnwmom Mar 2016 #100

Actually he is just reenacting the song Universal Corner by X. AngryAmish Mar 2016 #107

I wonder who could strongly object to washing feet yuiyoshida Mar 2016 #110

Just for accuracy sake, he's not the Vicar of Rome nichomachus Mar 2016 #78

Thanks for clearing that up. bvf Mar 2016 #113

Lovely photo. hrmjustin Mar 2016 #92

It would probably benefit you to read this thread bvf Mar 2016 #115

I did read through it. hrmjustin Mar 2016 #116

Just didn't *understand* it, huh? OK. bvf Mar 2016 #117

Why do you say that? hrmjustin Mar 2016 #118

! bvf Mar 2016 #119

Thread is either sad, or some return to normal for DU. JohnnyLib2 Mar 2016 #106

Well, a pope thread doesn't have 200 recs... NYC Liberal Mar 2016 #112