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In reply to the discussion: Pope: Who am I to judge gay people? [View all]trotsky
(49,533 posts)122. Bingo!
"If a person is gay and seeks God and has good will"
This is code for "as long as they don't actually engage in any kind of loving, sexual relationship to fulfill their lives."
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You also don't call a puppy shitting on the floor Holy Father, Vicar of Christ. Nor do folks run
Bluenorthwest
Aug 2013
#136
So gays can never have sex, according to the FUCKED UP theology of the Catholics and most other
dbackjon
Jul 2013
#74
Some won't be happy until the Pope shows up in a speedo at the Gay Pride parade.
Comrade Grumpy
Jul 2013
#69
Ain't it the truth...I don't even want to post sometimes because of all the hostility that seems
CTyankee
Jul 2013
#133
Did you read the article? Maybe the margin will get thinner, but no priests...
DreamGypsy
Jul 2013
#45
Actually, I heard that on NPR this a.m. when I was driving to the library...I nearly swerved off
CTyankee
Jul 2013
#61
Well, it's not exactly tolerance, but from the Catholic Church I'll take what I can get.
Arkana
Jul 2013
#10
The OP is a Straw Pontiff, Francis said nothing that is new. 'hate the sin, love the sinner'.
Bluenorthwest
Jul 2013
#36
Celebrate when there is change, not when there is no change. It is insulting to GLBT people.
Bluenorthwest
Jul 2013
#21
The difference is that this Pope can trick his followers into cheering for no difference.
Bluenorthwest
Jul 2013
#31
Why should there be "doctrine"? Jesus never said, "Believe this or be damned."
Peace Patriot
Jul 2013
#64
What he said is no different from what all his peers say 'as long as they are celebate, it is ok'
Bluenorthwest
Jul 2013
#20
He did not say that. Here is a discussion that is favorable to him, but also accurate about what
Bluenorthwest
Jul 2013
#50
This is not new nor kind it is what Dolanbigot says as well 'they are allowed freindship only'
Bluenorthwest
Jul 2013
#18
Correct. Hate the sin not the sinner is the position of many fundamentalist
totodeinhere
Jul 2013
#62
I appreciate his words, I do- BUT, I, and my 'acts', are not sinful, temptations, thorns in the
cecilfirefox
Jul 2013
#44
Not perfect, but certainly a lot better than hanging gay people or stoning them to death.
Nye Bevan
Jul 2013
#51
(sigh) Would you rather he have said" kill all Gays let God sort them out"?
DainBramaged
Jul 2013
#59
And those are the choices as you see them? Full hate or hate couched in a cloud of rhetoric?
Bluenorthwest
Aug 2013
#138
What changed, this was the official position of the Catholic Church all along...
Humanist_Activist
Jul 2013
#70
Uhm, nothing has changed, he still thinks same sex marriage is from "The Father of Lies"...
Humanist_Activist
Jul 2013
#72
That is a strange claim considering that in Argentina Francis used marriage equality as his
Bluenorthwest
Aug 2013
#137
What attempt? This reiterates the Catechism that has been in place for 30+ years...
Humanist_Activist
Jul 2013
#93
Too bad this sicko church has caused untold suffering for millions over centuries.
Arugula Latte
Aug 2013
#142
I don't see it as him being "slightly less bigoted" he just isn't as...
Humanist_Activist
Jul 2013
#92
At a time when GLBT citizens and women are fighting for their very lives and rights...
theHandpuppet
Jul 2013
#94
One sentence, now he's good to go for about five years till his next gay "kinda maybe".
Safetykitten
Jul 2013
#90