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To: NYer
Sounds to me like Pope Frances can be clear enough when he wants to be or when the situation calls for it, odd that he isn't coming across as clearly now:
Yes, his choice of language and rhetoric opposing same-sex marriage isn’t as strong or (if you will) incendiary as it was when he was a cardinal in Argentina, where he declared same-sex marriage a diabolical effort of “the Father of Lies” to “destroy God’s plan… and deceive the children of God.”

He said then—only four years ago—that gay marriage discriminates against children “in advance,” depriving them of “their human development given by a father and a mother and willed by God.”

It's fascinating to see how such a clear, concise opinion is translated into babble so as to fit into our world's dialog.

Breitbart was the last person, public or otherwise, I've heard note the importance of the national/world-wide "internal" dialog of our vast social/entertainment/news media to our individual internal dialog and understanding, but more importantly, that there are those who control it and shape it.

He's dead now...died young rather suddenly of a heart attack in a time of political change and conflict, probably just a coincidence...but this article and Pope Frances' past opinions makes me think that Breitbart was right as I notice and think about how that shaping and control is done.

There are "interesting times" and then there are times like these. If we stay on a road long enough, we'll get to where it goes. Just saying...

24 posted on 11/24/2014 7:40:42 AM PST by GBA ("Ashes to ashes" or "Dust to dust", it's all about the "to".)
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To: GBA
Pope Francis, not Pope Frances...*sigh*...and it wasn't an accident. I was sure I spelled his name correctly.

For Christmas this year, I'd like the curse of poor spelling, grammar, punctuation, etc. lifted.

26 posted on 11/24/2014 8:51:03 AM PST by GBA (Hick with a keyboard)
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