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6. K&R - I'm loving the Pope emphatic -- albeit tacit -- endorsement of Bernie's platform -nt-

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I'm so happy the Pope is here. [View all] mmonk Sep 2015 OP

Next week everyone will have forgotten he was even here snooper2 Sep 2015 #1

Hope not and actually doubt it. mmonk Sep 2015 #3

Snooper, 22% of all Americans are Catholic, and he also speaks to the Hortensis Sep 2015 #18

his spiritual leadership reaches many Americans who are not Christian or people of faith at all. AlbertCat Sep 2015 #24

One does not need to wear a label to hear. Bernie is not a Hortensis Sep 2015 #33

keep this image in your mind when he speaks to Congress: Jesus driving the money lenders roguevalley Sep 2015 #38

How about I keep it in mind when I to go the polls? Driving the Hortensis Sep 2015 #57

Everyone except Bernie Sanders & his millions of supporters. 99th_Monkey Sep 2015 #5

Yes, all Pope now treestar Sep 2015 #61

But he supports restrictions on women's health care and LBGT rights. longship Sep 2015 #2

To disregard the issues I bring up won't help in those areas. mmonk Sep 2015 #4

"Look at the big picture." Brickbat Sep 2015 #7

I AM looking at the big picture. longship Sep 2015 #9

+ 1 greatauntoftriplets Sep 2015 #10

Not just going to hell but he thinks lgbt people shouldn't marry or have children either. beam me up scottie Sep 2015 #12

The Gay issue is moving ahead quite nicely. mmonk Sep 2015 #13

The gay issue? In what way is the Church 'moving ahead quite nicely'? Bluenorthwest Sep 2015 #25

People here believe all Catholics are a monolith. mmonk Sep 2015 #23

I agree. Catholics are not a monolith. It is the Vatican that is the monolith. longship Sep 2015 #26

To disregard the issues I bring up won't help in those areas. Bluenorthwest Sep 2015 #27

And to deny the economic injustices and environmental injustices, the same. mmonk Sep 2015 #32

I'm sorry, I thought we were talking about the Pope? Not "All Catholics"? gcomeau Sep 2015 #39

Thank you. PeaceNikki Sep 2015 #28

+infinity (nt) LostOne4Ever Sep 2015 #30

Women's basic rights are always trivialized as side issues. Arugula Latte Sep 2015 #11

so the rights of over half the population are not part of the "big picture"??? seriously?????? niyad Sep 2015 #16

Women are a majority of this country. That is the big picture. nt. NCTraveler Sep 2015 #54

The fundamental right to birth control IS an economic issue alarimer Sep 2015 #56

Get with the program. Women don't matter. Codeine Sep 2015 #14

Yeah, that is what I said though I didn't. mmonk Sep 2015 #20

Longship, these things are not black and white. We are all our Hortensis Sep 2015 #19

Let me correct myself. longship Sep 2015 #37

Noted, Longship. I agree it's an insidious pattern of denial, disagree Hortensis Sep 2015 #49

Sounds like a perfectly accurate representation of his position. gcomeau Sep 2015 #41

While I agree that, like President Obama, who has evolved on LGBT issues, the Pope has a ChisolmTrailDem Sep 2015 #21

+1000 nt LostOne4Ever Sep 2015 #29

K&R - I'm loving the Pope emphatic -- albeit tacit -- endorsement of Bernie's platform -nt- 99th_Monkey Sep 2015 #6

Yep. mmonk Sep 2015 #8

He is most active politically in areas in which he agrees with Republicans, anti LGBT and anti woman Bluenorthwest Sep 2015 #15

Actually, I disagree. Our monastics are still active on acceptance. I'm a Franciscan Lay person. mmonk Sep 2015 #17

So you actually think you can cite his moral authority on some things while claiming he is a crock Bluenorthwest Sep 2015 #22

You have a strange opinion on reality. mmonk Sep 2015 #42

We've moved ryan_cats Sep 2015 #31

Which scandal? Sexual abuse? Anti-vaxx nuttery? The AIDS epidemic? PeaceNikki Sep 2015 #34

Here's the spin: 'Hey Democrats reject his ideas about abortion and gay marriage so obviously they Bluenorthwest Sep 2015 #35

...while at the same time speaking against abortion and LGBT rights. Deadshot Sep 2015 #36

And supporting anti-vaxx bishops responsible for killing millions. PeaceNikki Sep 2015 #40

I think the pope is basically a fascist who .. ananda Sep 2015 #43

Yup. PeaceNikki Sep 2015 #46

Then you don't understand fascism. mmonk Sep 2015 #52

I think it is important to understand that forms of socialism ... ananda Sep 2015 #55

The Vatican IS a combination of Government and Business, AND Religion! cleanhippie Sep 2015 #59

Every waking second he's here results in a net erosion of the Right's fake Christian pose. Orsino Sep 2015 #44

Thank you for a sober assessment. mmonk Sep 2015 #45

Wouldn't it be nice if in the next election cycle... Orsino Sep 2015 #47

Yes! the false premise that they do will evaporate. Progressive values can advance. mmonk Sep 2015 #50

Me, too. Throwing a lotta real moral authority at the fakes. ancianita Sep 2015 #48

If only he would get his shit together as to the LGBT community. But yes, he is so much randys1 Sep 2015 #51

Republican reaction rsexaminer Sep 2015 #53

I see a lot of my normal allies mmonk Sep 2015 #58

True, he does not have political capital to lose treestar Sep 2015 #60