[Mrs. Don-o]

The word "pretension" has no etymological connection with "tension."

pre·ten·sion1
prəˈten(t)SH(ə)n/
noun
Origin
late Middle English: from medieval Latin praetensio(n-),
from praetens- ‘alleged,’ from the verb praetendere
(see pretend).

It means to claim something which is merely pretended, e.g. "the fool's pretensions of grandeur."

[Cletus.D.Yokel]

Even worse for Il Papa?

So does Papa view the sodomites as pretenders? and in what way would these arsenekoits be “pretending” according to their desires and actions?

Quite Clintonian in “parsing”, n’cest pas?