Pope Francis Defends the Family: ‘What Is Being Proposed Is Not Marriage’

[Humanist_Activist]

15. Why would homosexuality have to be a choice? Not to mention the fact that...

co-habitation, "open" relationships, etc. aren't exactly new, indeed, cohabitation was so common in the past that many countries acknowledged "common law" marriages that conveyed some marriage rights to cohabiting heterosexual couples. Open relationships were more or less treated on a don't ask, don't tell basis.

So the only thing new on the list, if you want to get technical, is same sex marriage.

You know, generally, I wouldn't give a fuck about his medieval thoughts on sexuality and marriage if his godsforsaken bishops wouldn't campaign to restrict marriage equality for others. I don't see him censoring or even reprimanding Archbishop Lewis Zeigler for blaming ebola on gays. The LGBT community IS singled out by far too many churches, including the Catholic Church. Want to claim your church isn't anti-gay and homophobic? Why not acknowledge that it currently is precisely those things, and then try to work to eliminate those elements in the Church.