The Pope speaks out on homosexual marriage

[Penguin_ie 5,997]

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Edited December 23, 2012 by Penguin_ie

[rade2rising 205]

I am not a fan of the pope but agree with him 100%

[decocker 7,198]

i am not a fan of the pope and i disagree with him 100%. pope needs to mind his business and give his dry cleaners a raise. polygamous marriage or homosexual marriage, just leave people alone already, let them get married if they want. and let's start taxing politically motivated institutions (ahem) for good measure.

[Bad_Daddy 2,209]

i am not a fan of the pope and i disagree with him 100%. pope needs to mind his business and give his dry cleaners a raise. polygamous marriage or homosexual marriage, just leave people alone already, let them get married if they want. and let's start taxing politically motivated institutions (ahem) for good measure.

NBC would be a good one for starters.

[decocker 7,198]

NBC would be a good one for starters.

a church is a business and no business should be exempt. if they do enough charity to write it all off then for sure, that should be allowed. otherwise creflo dollar, pope and peers, pay up.

Edited December 24, 2012 by val erie

[Bad_Daddy 2,209]

a church is a business and no business should be exempt. if they do enough charity to write it all off then for sure, that should be allowed. otherwise creflo dollar and peers, pay up.

I'm all for taxing churches. They shouldn't get a break when others don't.

[james&olya 1,121]

It seems preposterous to me that the pope can make those arguments with a straight face. He heads an organization that denies one of the most basic (God-given, according to him) elements of nature and then has the audacity to condemn another alternative to his idea of the natural order? Makes me think he is another closet homosexual who is terrified of his own innate identity!

The best argument I have heard in favor of legalizing gay marriage has to do with the impassioned references to the sanctity of marriage. If marriage is a 'sacred' institution that defines it as religious in nature and therefore it is up to each individual and his own religious belief to decide what is correct for him or her. Government has no business deciding religious matters! Period! But since government has gone and attached all sorts of legal rights and privileges to 'marriage' they cannot forbid gays from choosing to marry each other, based on their own moral principles.

I would prefer that all references to 'marriage' be removed from laws in recognition that marriage is by definition a religious and sacred institution. Government should provide for voluntary civil unions between consenting adults and not restrict it otherwise. The pope can define marriage for catholics. All other religions could do likewise, and it could remain as 'undefiled' as heterosexuals have managed to do to it! A couple might have both a civil union as well as a 'marriage' based on their religious belief. Others might choose only civil union, and a few might choose only a religious ceremony with no legal consequences of civil union!

Edited December 24, 2012 by james&olya

[Darnell 8,479]

No but I find it not the least bit surprising. I mean they had to meet in Rome to figure out what to do when they caught Priests raping little boys. I mean you call the police and or kill them. What is to decide ? That cover up and the whole problem I think goes all the way to the top

Yup, and now 'that fella' who is charge of covering up, prior,

is now the Pope.

[Asia 2,499]

Naw, the Pope is fine with guns. He just doesn't go for the homosexual types.

That isn't even the Pope, lol.