Pope Francis urged to condemn gay unions as unnatural

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20. Interesting list of prominent signatories

http://www.filialappeal.org/personalities-who-have-signed,3229,c.html

It seems to be heavy on deposed royalty -- an exiled king of Rwanda, members of of the royal houses of Portugal and Brazil -- along with various European dukes and duchesses, counts and countesses, barons and baronesses, princes and princesses.

There are several people associated with the ultra-conservative Society for the Defence of Tradition, Family, and Property, which would like to see a return to feudalism.

There are a couple of former ministers in the government of the Shah of Iran.

Oh, look, there's Rick Santorum!

And Ron Robinson, president of Young America's Foundation, who's also a board member of Citizens United and one of the three board members of a PAC that has funded a white nationalist group. (http://www.motherjones.com/politics/2013/01/ron-robinson-james-b-taylor-young-americas-foundation-white-nationalists)

In other words, these are not just "conservative Catholics." These are aristocrats and would-be aristocrats, people who are motivated by a bone-deep hatred of the modern world and everything it represents and want nothing more than to turn the clock back about five centuries.

The AFP article goes way too easy on them.