Pope Francis Against Gay Marriage, Gay Adoption

[RKP5637]

Self explanatory. SOS. Tired of these people like this pope. Yet another reason why I hate religion. What goes around comes around.

http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2013/03/13/pope-francis-gay-marriage-anti_n_2869221.html?ir=gay-voices&utm_campaign=031313&utm_medium=email&utm_source=Alert-gay-voices&utm_content=FullStory

Cardinal Jorge Mario Bergoglio, a 76-year-old Argentinean, was chosen as the first Latin American pope on Wednesday. He will lead the world's 1.2 billion Catholics as Pope Francis. While his selection may be historic, it may also mean more of the same when it comes to gay rights in the Catholic Church.

Pope Francis is a conservative who is anti-gay marriage and anti-gay adoption. He has described same-sex marriage as the work of the devil and a “destructive attack on God’s plan.” He has also said that gay adoption is a form of discrimination against children.

In 2010, Francis championed against a bill for same-sex marriage and gay adoption, according to the National Catholic Register.

“The Argentine people will face a situation whose outcome can seriously harm the family," he wrote to the four monasteries in Argentina. "At stake is the identity and survival of the family: father, mother and children. At stake are the lives of many children who will be discriminated against in advance, and deprived of their human development given by a father and a mother and willed by God. At stake is the total rejection of God’s law engraved in our hearts.”

He went on to describe it as a "‘move’ of the Father of Lies who seeks to confuse and deceive the children of God" and asked for lawmakers to "not act in error." In John 8:44, the Father of Lies is the devil.

[dixiegrrrrl]

1. but did he address the sexual abuse issue?

Popes in glass houses..........

[RKP5637]

2. Sure is lots of projection by these guys! They doth protest too much! n/t

[DisgustipatedinCA]

3. He probably has similar views on gay voting and gay land-owning

But those ships have already sailed, so I guess he'll focus on more attainable discriminatory behavior.

My guess: the cardinals probably bent over backwards to find someone not involved in child abuse scandals, and in so doing, found someone who leaves a lot to be desired in other areas (gay rights, not throwing dissidents out of airplanes, that sort of thing).

[jberryhill]

4. In other news....

[Lex]

5. And they wonder why people are leaving the Church in droves. nt

[napkinz]

6. kick

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