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Pope Francis: I don’t bless a ‘homosexual marriage.’ I bless two people who love each other.
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this post was submitted on 09 Feb 2024
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Maybe this will make people finally stop calling him "the cool pope?"
It's all lip service. He's no better than any of the others. He just talks a good game.
Why ? isn't that good, blessing people because they love each other ? did I misunderstand something ?
Maybe I’m the one misreading? It seemed to me like he was saying being gay is still wrong, just not as wrong as being a crooked businessman because it involves love.
Which makes him the cool pope, because after everything else he's still the pope. Calling him cool pope was never about him being okay with gay marriage and always about him being less anti-gay than for example the absolutely horrendous pope Benedict.
And him having fighting words with more anti-love bishops does frame him as "the most progressive among his group of regressives".
It's the fucking catholic church, don't expect them to be sane.
"Less of a bigot" makes him cool?
And has he changed his mind about reporting child abuse to the church rather than the police?
I mean couldn't we just call him 'marginally better Pope' or something?
I mean I call him, the "absolutist monarchical head of that organisation of delusional pedophiles", but that's not gonna change how this extremely wealthy organisation, that's basically the worlds most thorough PR-machine, uses the media to frame him in the public eye.
I would amen to that
I don't think so. But not sure, my english is approximate
I think the intent is good but it's similar to a white person saying I don't have black friends or white friends, I just have fun friends. It's like ok that's nice but it kind of erases their differences and suggests they're not real.
If your friend is brown, you're friends with a brown dude. If you're friend is gay, you're friends with a gay dude. We want to celebrate people's differences not erase them - especially when we're in the dominant, or normative group
Maybe I'm the one misreading? It seemed to me like he was saying being gay is still wrong, just not as wrong as being a crooked businessman because it involves love.