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beam me up scottie

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21. Glad to see he's quit stalling and showed his true colours.

Reply to cleanhippie (Original post)

Fri Apr 24, 2015, 06:27 PM

Apr 2015

But according to the usual apologist we can't know for sure that it's because he's gay since the Vienna Convention allows the state to "reject the request for accreditation of an ambassador, without giving any explanation about the reasons why".

And Frank didn't come right out and say he's a homophobic bigot.

So there.

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Pope ‘personally’ rejects France’s gay ambassador to the Vatican [View all] cleanhippie Apr 2015 OP

I'm sure his champions here will applaud this skepticscott Apr 2015 #1

How judgmental bvf Apr 2015 #3

Go get 'em, Frank! bvf Apr 2015 #2

Hey, give PopeAwesome some credit! Arugula Latte Apr 2015 #4

Baby steps, right? bvf Apr 2015 #5

Who knows, maybe it will happen in 3000. Arugula Latte Apr 2015 #6

France should now severe all relations with the Vatican Kelvin Mace Apr 2015 #7

The Catholic Laity needs to sever relations. cleanhippie Apr 2015 #8

No, because people here and elsewhere skepticscott Apr 2015 #15

They ignored the nins at their own peril! cleanhippie Apr 2015 #19

that went well the last time they tried it, LOL.... mike_c Apr 2015 #9

Absolutely right. bvf Apr 2015 #13

Why have an ambassador to a small city-state TlalocW Apr 2015 #10

Because it's rich as all fucking get-out bvf Apr 2015 #11

Yay Wonderpope Frank! Who is he to judge, indeed! trotsky Apr 2015 #12

Here's the Reuters report, the source of the OP. rug Apr 2015 #14

The Holy See signed the Vienna Convention in April 1961 struggle4progress Apr 2015 #16

Pope Francis meets with gay French ambassador nominee struggle4progress Apr 2015 #17

The more important question is locks Apr 2015 #18

Never gonna happen. Too many defend and carry water for the RCC. Just look upthread. cleanhippie Apr 2015 #20

Replying to the usual broadbrushes posting the usual shit. rug Apr 2015 #22

Glad to see he's quit stalling and showed his true colours. beam me up scottie Apr 2015 #21

it's like clockwork. edhopper Apr 2015 #23

And the cut-and-paste excerpts allow them to hide behind other's bigotry. beam me up scottie Apr 2015 #24