France stands by choice of gay envoy as Vatican goes silent

[Surya Gayatri]

© Alain Jocard, AFP I Laurent Stefanini, French President François Hollande's chief of Protocol, at the Elysée Palace in Paris on April 10, 2015

France said Wednesday it was standing by its choice to send a gay diplomat to the Vatican despite three months of silence from the Holy See over the appointment.

The lengthy delay in approving the candidate is seen as unusual and likely to indicate a rejection.

While the Vatican usually declares it has accepted a candidate around a month after an appointment is made, it makes no public statements at all if the answer is no.

The French cabinet approved the appointment of the 55-year-old Stefanini on January 5 but has not yet received a reply.

"A delay of three months like this is not normal," a well-informed source in Rome told AFP last week.

http://www.france24.com/en/20150415-france-vatican-gay-ambassador-laurent-stefanini/

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Take it or leave it Holy See. You ain't gettin' anybody else.

France breaks off diplomatic relations with Vatican over bigotted anti-gay stance.

I want to see THAT headline!

Good job, Quai d'Orsay! (the French State Dept.)

[PeaceNikki]

1. Hell yeah!!

Fuck discrimination in the name of religion.

[Surya Gayatri]

2. ^^^AMEN to that^^^! LOL!

[merrily]

3. Indeed.

If Italy and the Vatican want to pretend they are two separate nations, one of them having 109 acres of land a total population of 1000, fine.

Nothing obligates the rest of the world to engage in that myth. In reality nations are sending ambassadors to the residence of the head of a religion. While I would LOVE that job, it's a myth.

[Surya Gayatri]

4. Silly, out-dated tradition, but diplomacy requires that

proper protocol be observed.

1,500 years and still going.