"It's when one man wants to cornh*le another man - but that isn't important right now."
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Posted on 02/07/2023 5:55:22 PM PST by marshmallow
The liberal media immediately seized on the pope's latest comments.
(LifeSiteNews) – With leaders of two Protestant denominations standing at his side, Pope Francis has again delivered a confusing, problematic message about homosexuality, demonstrating that he and others remain unwilling to truly pastor those who identify as “gay” or “lesbian” while also demonstrating hesitation, if not cowardice, when it comes to addressing LGBTQ+ as a cultural movement and still-burgeoning political power.
As LifeSiteNews’ John-Henry Westen quickly noted in response to the recent airborne papal press conference, Pope Francis conflated same-sex attraction and the practice of sodomy:
While the laws criminalize behaviors and not inclinations, Pope Francis conflated the two concepts in his remarks, saying of the anti-sodomy laws: “Persons with homosexual tendencies are children of God. God loves them. God accompanies them… condemning a person like this is a sin. Criminalizing people with homosexual tendencies is an injustice.”
Rt. Rev. Iain Greenshields, the Moderator of the Church of Scotland, which permits homosexual “marriage” in their churches, praised Francis for his remarks, as did the Archbishop of Canterbury Justin Welby, the lead bishop of the Church of England, which permits homosexual blessings in their churches. “I entirely agree with every word he said there… I shall certainly quote the Holy Father. He said it so beautifully and accurately,” Welby said.
Pro-LGBT rainbow cheerleading ensued from liberal Catholic and secular press, which immediately seized upon the Pope’s phrasing.
Catholic News Service’s Rome Bureau Chief, Cindy Wooden, sent out a confusing tweet, omitting the important context of the LGBTQ discussion aboard the papal aircraft.
“Pope Francis reaffirms calls for acceptance of gay people,” tweeted Vatican correspondent Francis X. Rocca, linking to his article in The Wall Street Journal.
Rocca claimed the Pope’s statement “recalled his past calls for greater acceptance of gay.........
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Bergoglio should not be uttering the term “homosexual”.
Daily homo drama pope update
So the gay Pope supports the homos? Who knew!
"It's when one man wants to cornh*le another man - but that isn't important right now."
Regards,
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