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24. And the cut-and-paste excerpts allow them to hide behind other's bigotry.

Fri Apr 24, 2015, 11:08 PM

Apr 2015

"Horror of Horrors! The Pope thinks marriage is a good thing!"

It's not me that's saying these things, it's the pope/church/website.

Clever.

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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

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