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In reply to the discussion: Pope will address Congress - Sack cartoon [View all]NonMetro
(631 posts)So what? People are now supposed to bow before him because he agrees with intelligent people on climate change and with liberals on social welfare? Maybe a few more Catholics may finally "come around" as a result of what he says, but there is no evidence whatever that conservatives, who will nonetheless give him all the lip service they can in public, since it strengthens their position of tearing down the wall of separation between church and state, will "come around" as a result of what he says.
Oh, and yes, we know nobody in congress is being forced to attend his speech at the joint session. That's what everyone is saying, (wink, wink!) It's the same as the old school prayer argument: kids can opt out if they want. No one is "forcing" them to bow their heads and pray. Everybody in the news media agrees.