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riversedge

(70,186 posts)
Fri Sep 18, 2015, 01:16 PM Sep 2015

Rep. Paul Gosar, R-Ariz Boycotts Pope's Address Over #ClimateChange


Wonder how many other baggers will follow this nut case over the cliff??






Rep. Paul Gosar, R-Ariz Boycotts Pope's Address Over #ClimateChange Views http://n.pr/1inouAD



Conservative Lawmaker Boycotts Pope's Address Over Climate-Change Views

September 18, 2015 1:10 PM ET
Susan Davis
Rep. Paul Gosar, R-Ariz., who is Catholic says he will boycott Pope Francis' address to Congress this week because of the pope's progressive views on climate change.

Rep. Paul Gosar, R-Ariz., who is Catholic says he will boycott Pope Francis' address to Congress this week because of the pope's progressive views on climate change.
Matt York/AP

A conservative Catholic lawmaker announced he will boycott Pope Francis's historic address before Congress next Thursday because of the pope's views on climate change.

"More troubling is the fact that this climate-change talk has adopted all of the socialist talking points, wrapped false science and ideology into 'climate justice' and is being presented to guilt people into leftist policies," wrote Rep. Paul Gosar, R-Ariz., in an editorial for the conservative commentary site Townhall.com.

"If the Pope stuck to standard Christian theology, I would be the first in line."

Gosar is the first lawmaker to announce he will boycott the pope's address. A self-described "proud Catholic," who attended a Creighton University, a Jesuit college, Gosar asserts, "The earth's climate has been changing since God created it, with or without man."

The Arizona Republican further takes issue with Pope Francis's encyclical, a 192-page paper released this summer in which the pope calls for new action to combat human-driven climate change...............


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Rep. Paul Gosar, R-Ariz Boycotts Pope's Address Over #ClimateChange (Original Post) riversedge Sep 2015 OP
I'm sure the Pope will be very disappointed. The Velveteen Ocelot Sep 2015 #1
Evil GeorgeGist Sep 2015 #2
Fuck him. 47of74 Sep 2015 #3
the face of science denial. looks totally devoid of critical thought. spanone Sep 2015 #4
Deny him communion meow2u3 Sep 2015 #5
I fully support boycotting the pope addressing Congress, but for different reasons. PeaceNikki Sep 2015 #6
 

47of74

(18,470 posts)
3. Fuck him.
Fri Sep 18, 2015, 01:52 PM
Sep 2015

He and his teabagging ilk were all about the Papacy when it was Benny or JPII in charge. Now that it's someone the slightest bit progressive he and his ilk are having a fit. Fuck all of them.

meow2u3

(24,761 posts)
5. Deny him communion
Fri Sep 18, 2015, 02:52 PM
Sep 2015

Protecting creation and caring for the poor should be a couple of the church's "non-negotiables" instead of sex-related matters.

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