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65. If you want to know about how well the Advocate is respected now

Thu Dec 26, 2013, 03:41 PM

Dec 2013

simply go back to the two links I gave you and read (not SEARCH) through the hundreds of posts. There are many knowledgeable people who know a lot more about the Advocate than I can tell you my friend.

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American Catholics give a thumbs-up to Pope Francis and his gay-friendly, �Marxist� agenda [View all] DonViejo Dec 2013 OP

As a recovering Catholic, I freaking LOVE Pope Francis! bitchkitty Dec 2013 #1

Does This Set The Stage For An American Political Reformation Pitting Catholics Against The Fundamentalists cantbeserious Dec 2013 #2

No need to fight about it. No Vested Interest Dec 2013 #8

Wow. trotsky Dec 2013 #3

It teaches celibacy, i.e., chastity, for every Catholc outside a sacramental marriage. rug Dec 2013 #7

While conveniently refusing to offer sacramental marriage Good without a god Dec 2013 #12

Is your inaccurate, divisive bullshit something that should be spread on a liberal website? rug Dec 2013 #14

dont hold back rug. Warren Stupidity Dec 2013 #40

don't curdle the egg nog, warren. rug Dec 2013 #41

It's a fun, hilarious Catch-22 Goblinmonger Dec 2013 #15

Maybe you should have paid more attention in high school seminary. That's old black letter doctrine. rug Dec 2013 #34

Catholic Church doctrine and policy forbids gay men to be priests skepticscott Dec 2013 #4

No it doesn't. It requires celibacy of priests, straight or gay. rug Dec 2013 #5

But it does bar gay men from ordination if they have been, DonViejo Dec 2013 #6

Do you have a cite for that? It has a long history of supporting civil rights. rug Dec 2013 #9

It was part of the changes made after the sex abuse scandals DonViejo Dec 2013 #19

Can you define or find a definition for "gay culture"? cbayer Dec 2013 #25

The Dominicans have again put their finger on it. rug Dec 2013 #30

"It is a risk that one must sometimes take." pinto Dec 2013 #32

Nuns have often been on the front line. cbayer Dec 2013 #38

Yeah, a Fransiscan started the first AIDS support organization in Montery County. pinto Dec 2013 #39

If the poster had actually looked at Catholic doctrine Good without a god Dec 2013 #11

The cite is in comment #19. I'm so sorry that I couldn't stay on DonViejo Dec 2013 #21

My sarcastic comment was directed at the person Good without a god Dec 2013 #29

That's just plain not true. cbayer Dec 2013 #16

I don't care how many priests you know that support gay rights... DonViejo Dec 2013 #20

That doesn't say anything about supporting GLBT rights. cbayer Dec 2013 #22

Just what the heck do you think... DonViejo Dec 2013 #23

See above for an interesting discussion and link on this. cbayer Dec 2013 #26

Read it and weep... DonViejo Dec 2013 #24

We had a thread on this case recently. cbayer Dec 2013 #27

The Telegraph omits the dog receiving Communion at one of his Masses. rug Dec 2013 #42

Catholic doctrine states Good without a god Dec 2013 #10

Aside from "practicing" homosexuality (or heterosexuality for that matter), which bars any candidate rug Dec 2013 #13

So where's the link to Francis changing this policy. Goblinmonger Dec 2013 #17

There is none. rug Dec 2013 #31

Apparently religion will be getting the credit Good without a god Dec 2013 #35

Credit? rug Dec 2013 #36

Why don't you ask the Catholic Church what that means? Good without a god Dec 2013 #33

I can read what it means. But I'm not spinning like a top while doing so. rug Dec 2013 #37

I think there are many Catholics who are seeing much to hope for here. cbayer Dec 2013 #18

I'm not a Catholic mercymechap Dec 2013 #28

he`s going in the right direction madrchsod Dec 2013 #43

Not surprising goldent Dec 2013 #44

The lack of skepticism shown by progressives is troubling. Act_of_Reparation Dec 2013 #45

Skepticism of PR hate campaigns is alive and well, no matter who's pushing it. rug Dec 2013 #46

Yes, Hale has a point I agree with skepticscott Dec 2013 #47

PZ Meyers gives another resonating criticism of Fracophilia... Act_of_Reparation Dec 2013 #49

Whoa, that is a good one from PZ. trotsky Dec 2013 #50

Yes, he pretty much nails it skepticscott Dec 2013 #51

Someone else in this group attacked me for pointing out just that... trotsky Dec 2013 #48

Lol! You're actually comparing yourself to Muslims targeted after 9/11? rug Dec 2013 #52

Yup. okasha Dec 2013 #67

That kind of thing tries the limits of my patience... Act_of_Reparation Dec 2013 #58

gay friendly? Laughing Mirror Dec 2013 #53

Whether you agree with them or not, the Advocate named him their person of the year. cbayer Dec 2013 #54

Yes the Advocate did Laughing Mirror Dec 2013 #55

There was definitely some negative reaction, but I haven't seen any information cbayer Dec 2013 #56

Only the evidence of people saying they are cancelling Laughing Mirror Dec 2013 #57

Well, one has a comment that he canceled his subscription years ago cbayer Dec 2013 #59

Well I commend your speed reading abilities Laughing Mirror Dec 2013 #60

I am a pretty fast reader, but I'm also facile at using the word cbayer Dec 2013 #61

This thread was worth it for no other reason... trotsky Dec 2013 #62

This message was self-deleted by its author Heddi Dec 2013 #69

Isn't it true that the first definition provided is generally the most widely-accepted use of a term Heddi Dec 2013 #70

A cheap and dishonest shot. okasha Dec 2013 #71

Kind of like what you did to trotsky in this very thread? Act_of_Reparation Dec 2013 #72

Thanks for that. trotsky Dec 2013 #74

My post did not mention Muslims. okasha Dec 2013 #77

It was indeed a facile task. And you're wrong. Act_of_Reparation Dec 2013 #79

I don't know there is one Laughing Mirror Dec 2013 #63

I am interested in why that is so. cbayer Dec 2013 #64

If you want to know about how well the Advocate is respected now Laughing Mirror Dec 2013 #65

The site itself had comments when they first announced, but cbayer Dec 2013 #66

They appear to have taken them down Laughing Mirror Dec 2013 #73

I have no idea. Do you? cbayer Dec 2013 #75

Think a while Laughing Mirror Dec 2013 #76

How dismissive. cbayer Dec 2013 #78

I wish the best for this pope. I hope he and the church move more to the left. hrmjustin Dec 2013 #68