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French student beaten for defending gay couple given private audience with Pope
TheLocal.fr ^ | 11 April 2018 16:45 CEST+02:00

Posted on 04/11/2018 8:08:48 PM PDT by Olog-hai

Pope Francis held a private audience Wednesday with a French student critically injured in 2016 defending a gay couple who were kissing in the street in the French city of Lyon.

“An incredible encounter with an exceptional man… I am thinking of you all on this special day for me. I leave full of strength, courage and hope,” the 20-year-old wrote on the Facebook page of the association «Je soutiens Marin» (“I support Marin”), created by his parents and followed by nearly 200,000 people.

On 11 November 2016, Marin, then a third-year university student studying law and political science, came to the defense of a gay couple who were being attacked by a gang of youths after kissing at a bus stop.

Marin’s alleged aggressor, a minor at the time of the incident, attacked him from behind, repeatedly clubbing him over the head with a crutch. …

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TOPICS: Local News; Religion; Society
KEYWORDS: eussr; france; homosexualagenda; popefrancis

1 posted on 04/11/2018 8:08:49 PM PDT by Olog-hai
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To: Olog-hai

Defend them how?


2 posted on 04/11/2018 8:10:57 PM PDT by cmj328 (We live here.)
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To: Olog-hai

This pope is obsessed with homosexuals and their sympathizers.


3 posted on 04/11/2018 8:12:56 PM PDT by Trillian
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To: Olog-hai

French student beaten for defending gay couple given private audience with Pope

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Maybe Francis wants to ask the student about a new idea he’s been kicking around...namely an 8th sacrament for same-sex unions. Of course, it would strictly be up to individual synods on how to implement the sacrament as it is a “very sensitive issue.”


4 posted on 04/11/2018 8:15:39 PM PDT by Bishop_Malachi (Liberal Socialism - A philosophy which advocates spreading a low standard of living equally.)
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To: Olog-hai

Did the Pope also invite Clock-Boy?


5 posted on 04/11/2018 8:25:49 PM PDT by BobL (I shop at Walmart and eat at McDonald's...I just don't tell anyone)
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To: Olog-hai

Apparently, nothing must have happened to the fellow who gave the beat down. They know who did it.
Must have been member of a protected group.


6 posted on 04/11/2018 8:25:49 PM PDT by lee martell
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To: BobL

Bet you a dollar before too long David Hogg will get a private audience with Bergoglio.


7 posted on 04/11/2018 8:26:55 PM PDT by dfwgator
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To: Olog-hai

And it’s...


8 posted on 04/11/2018 8:37:20 PM PDT by Ken H (Best election ever!)
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To: Olog-hai

Francis will be leading a Pride Parade soon.


9 posted on 04/11/2018 8:41:22 PM PDT by Architect of Avalon
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To: Trillian

Yet as pro life protestors are arrested and their speech is banned by lowlifes in power, he is silent.


10 posted on 04/11/2018 8:50:00 PM PDT by allendale (.)
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To: lee martell

Yes, it’s a delicate line they are trying to walk along, protecting gays and Muslims from each other without offending anyone. LOL!


11 posted on 04/11/2018 8:55:25 PM PDT by A_perfect_lady
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To: lee martell

“They know who did it.
Must have been member of a protected group.”

I searched for this incident and came up with only a few hits in English. Couldn’t find anything about his attackers. So yeah.


12 posted on 04/11/2018 9:00:21 PM PDT by Ken H (Best election ever!)
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The attacker came from behind and hit the student with a crutch. Ironic, is it not, that their ‘crutch’ would also be their weapon of choice. What kind of schoolkid in this day and age, is so threatened by seeing gays that they would beat someone into a coma? It would have to be a schoolkid who chose to dehumanize the target, while acting as part of a gang or a mob.


13 posted on 04/11/2018 9:13:19 PM PDT by lee martell
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To: Trillian
This pope is obsessed with homosexuals and their sympathizers.

I'm convinced he is one. Practicing.

14 posted on 04/12/2018 11:58:29 AM PDT by fwdude (History has no 'sides;' you're thinking of geometry.)
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