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In reply to the discussion: Pope: Who am I to judge gay people? [View all]theHandpuppet
(19,964 posts)125. Yeah, sure....
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You also don't call a puppy shitting on the floor Holy Father, Vicar of Christ. Nor do folks run
Bluenorthwest
Aug 2013
#136
So gays can never have sex, according to the FUCKED UP theology of the Catholics and most other
dbackjon
Jul 2013
#74
Some won't be happy until the Pope shows up in a speedo at the Gay Pride parade.
Comrade Grumpy
Jul 2013
#69
Ain't it the truth...I don't even want to post sometimes because of all the hostility that seems
CTyankee
Jul 2013
#133
Did you read the article? Maybe the margin will get thinner, but no priests...
DreamGypsy
Jul 2013
#45
Actually, I heard that on NPR this a.m. when I was driving to the library...I nearly swerved off
CTyankee
Jul 2013
#61
Well, it's not exactly tolerance, but from the Catholic Church I'll take what I can get.
Arkana
Jul 2013
#10
The OP is a Straw Pontiff, Francis said nothing that is new. 'hate the sin, love the sinner'.
Bluenorthwest
Jul 2013
#36
Celebrate when there is change, not when there is no change. It is insulting to GLBT people.
Bluenorthwest
Jul 2013
#21
The difference is that this Pope can trick his followers into cheering for no difference.
Bluenorthwest
Jul 2013
#31
Why should there be "doctrine"? Jesus never said, "Believe this or be damned."
Peace Patriot
Jul 2013
#64
What he said is no different from what all his peers say 'as long as they are celebate, it is ok'
Bluenorthwest
Jul 2013
#20
He did not say that. Here is a discussion that is favorable to him, but also accurate about what
Bluenorthwest
Jul 2013
#50
This is not new nor kind it is what Dolanbigot says as well 'they are allowed freindship only'
Bluenorthwest
Jul 2013
#18
Correct. Hate the sin not the sinner is the position of many fundamentalist
totodeinhere
Jul 2013
#62
I appreciate his words, I do- BUT, I, and my 'acts', are not sinful, temptations, thorns in the
cecilfirefox
Jul 2013
#44
Not perfect, but certainly a lot better than hanging gay people or stoning them to death.
Nye Bevan
Jul 2013
#51
(sigh) Would you rather he have said" kill all Gays let God sort them out"?
DainBramaged
Jul 2013
#59
And those are the choices as you see them? Full hate or hate couched in a cloud of rhetoric?
Bluenorthwest
Aug 2013
#138
What changed, this was the official position of the Catholic Church all along...
Humanist_Activist
Jul 2013
#70
Uhm, nothing has changed, he still thinks same sex marriage is from "The Father of Lies"...
Humanist_Activist
Jul 2013
#72
That is a strange claim considering that in Argentina Francis used marriage equality as his
Bluenorthwest
Aug 2013
#137
What attempt? This reiterates the Catechism that has been in place for 30+ years...
Humanist_Activist
Jul 2013
#93
Too bad this sicko church has caused untold suffering for millions over centuries.
Arugula Latte
Aug 2013
#142
I don't see it as him being "slightly less bigoted" he just isn't as...
Humanist_Activist
Jul 2013
#92
At a time when GLBT citizens and women are fighting for their very lives and rights...
theHandpuppet
Jul 2013
#94
One sentence, now he's good to go for about five years till his next gay "kinda maybe".
Safetykitten
Jul 2013
#90