What The Pope Really Said About Kim Davis

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by Jack Jenkins
Sep 28, 2015 11:06 am

Fresh off his whirlwind tour of the United States, Pope Francis is still making news in America — this time for weighing in on whether government officials have a “human right” to refuse same-sex couples marriage licenses.

According to NBC, a reporter on the pope’s flight back to the Vatican Monday night asked him a question that appeared to reference Kim Davis, the Kentucky county clerk recently jailed for refusing to issue marriage licenses for same-sex couples by citing her faith.

“Do you … support those individuals, including government officials, who say they cannot in good conscience … abide by some laws or discharge their duties as government officials, for example when issuing marriage licenses to same-sex couples?” a reporter asked.

Francis did not specifically mention Davis in his reply, noting, “I can’t have in mind all the cases that can exist about conscientious objection.” But he did offer a vigorous defense of conscientious objection as an important part of civil society.

http://thinkprogress.org/lgbt/2015/09/28/3706264/pope-francis-kim-davis/

[truebrit71]

1. Before or after he met her?

https://news.vice.com/article/kim-davis-wore-disguised-hairdo-to-secret-pope-meeting-was-thanked-for-courage

Bigots of a feather flock together it seems...

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6. If you're asking about the interview, it was on the plane back to Rome.

So that was after she saw him in disguise.

Somehow, I suspect her church has a low view of the papacy.

http://thinkprogress.org/lgbt/2015/09/02/3698100/kim-davis-hypocritical-theology/

[truebrit71]

8. Like I said...bigots of a feather flock together...

This merely confirms his anti-LBGT bias...so much for Frankie the Wonder-Pope...

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9. So, when he vists a man with muscular dystrophy, he must have md himself?

Logic!

[truebrit71]

10. Yup. Exactly.

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11. I hope Obama didn't catch Communism from the President of China last week.

[truebrit71]

13. Yup. Because bigotry is a communicable disease...right?

I mean, it certainly seems that stupidity is...

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14. In that case, I'm leaving this conversation.

[bvf]

2. Lovely.

Smarm--it's what's for dinner.

Gives a whole new meaning to "extreme unction."

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5. It's now called the Sacrament of the Anointing of the Sick.

Davis qualifies.

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12. Rebranding. Go figure, eh?

[yodermon]

3. conscientious objection includes accepting the consequences (legal, employment, etc) of your actions

Davis is trying to impose her religious edicts on the public, consequence-free.

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4. Exactly.

[zipplewrath]

7. Bingo

And I suspect the pope would agree. Do what you believe and accept the consequences.
Can't eat your cake and have it too.

[struggle4progress]

15. The Pope and Kim Davis: Seven Points to Keep in Mind

SEP 30, 2015
JAMES MARTIN, SJ

... Pope Francis met with many individuals during his visits ... Such meetings are arranged in several ways ... It’s hard to know how much the Pope Francis knew about each individual who was introduced to him during his long trip ... “Be strong,” and his gift of a rosary seem to be the kind of thing the pope might do for anyone presented to him ... Most of all, despite what Ms. Davis said, a meeting with the pope does not “kind of validate everything” ...

http://papalvisit.americamedia.org/2015/09/30/the-pope-and-kim-davis-seven-points-to-keep-in-mind/