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trotsky

(49,533 posts) Tue Jun 16, 2015, 04:07 PM Jun 2015

Children need heterosexual parents, Pope Francis says after gay pride march

Alternate headline: "Pope Francis still an anti-gay bigot"

http://ncronline.org/news/global/children-need-heterosexual-parents-pope-francis-says-after-gay-pride-march

Pope Francis on Sunday stressed the importance of children having heterosexual parents, just a day after Rome's gay pride march demonstrated the changing attitudes about same-sex couples outside the Vatican walls.

Addressing around 25,000 followers from the diocese of Rome, the pope said the differences between men and women are fundamental and "an integral part of being human."

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"Children mature seeing their father and mother like this; their identity matures being confronted with the love their father and mother have, confronted with this difference," Francis said.

Don't be fooled. Pope Frank is as much of a bigot as his predecessors. He just has a much better PR team.

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Children need heterosexual parents, Pope Francis says after gay pride march (Original Post) trotsky Jun 2015 OP

Just because he's against everything not cisgendered and heterosexual Lordquinton Jun 2015 #1

Jorge is an old man with old prejudices. trotsky Jun 2015 #3

Unfortunately, he's passing those prejudices on skepticscott Jun 2015 #4

Not fast enough. AtheistCrusader Jun 2015 #7

Are children living in a vacuum? Are there no other adults in their lives? uppityperson Jun 2015 #2

He has it completely backwards, children need to have gay parents... Kalidurga Jun 2015 #5

He's also shitting on single parents, just for fun, apparently. AtheistCrusader Jun 2015 #6

Bingo Lordquinton Jun 2015 #9

"Children would gain more from non-religious parents" says Pope Yorktown Yorktown Jun 2015 #8

Hasn't he read the bible? Lordquinton Jun 2015 #10

Look, does anyone but Catholics give a damn what this old virgin bigot says? mr blur Jun 2015 #11

Yes, actually skepticscott Jun 2015 #12

Then these people would seem to be as shallow, bigoted, ignorant and stupid as Blank Frank himself. mr blur Jun 2015 #13

Lordquinton

(7,886 posts)

1. Just because he's against everything not cisgendered and heterosexual

Reply to trotsky (Original post)

Tue Jun 16, 2015, 04:16 PM

Jun 2015

Doesn't mean he's a homophobic bigot

(I'm being sarcastic, but really heading it off at the pass, as is has been said in all seriousness by others)

trotsky

(49,533 posts)

3. Jorge is an old man with old prejudices.

Reply to Lordquinton (Reply #1)

Tue Jun 16, 2015, 04:25 PM

Jun 2015

Thankfully he and many like him are dying off. They are just making last ditch efforts to preserve the bigoted old status quo, but they will lose.

(And it is unfortunate that your sarcastic comment isn't that far off from what we've seen many post in defense of that bigot!)

skepticscott

(13,029 posts)

4. Unfortunately, he's passing those prejudices on

Reply to trotsky (Reply #3)

Tue Jun 16, 2015, 04:58 PM

Jun 2015

to another generation who are determined to defend him and his beliefs as not remotely bigoted. An uncomfortable number of that new generation have been seen posting here.

AtheistCrusader

(33,982 posts)

7. Not fast enough.

Reply to trotsky (Reply #3)

Tue Jun 16, 2015, 06:29 PM

Jun 2015

uppityperson

(115,681 posts)

2. Are children living in a vacuum? Are there no other adults in their lives?

Reply to trotsky (Original post)

Tue Jun 16, 2015, 04:18 PM

Jun 2015

Kalidurga

(14,177 posts)

5. He has it completely backwards, children need to have gay parents...

Reply to trotsky (Original post)

Tue Jun 16, 2015, 05:06 PM

Jun 2015

Gay people are just better at relationships. I have a couple theories as to why this is. First off they are ridiculed and harassed by bigots so, there is a possibility that it brings them closer together to cope with that. Since they have been given a minority status they might be more open to going against other social norms like gender roles in the home. And they might be less inclined to care about what other people think their social role aught to be. Most men have grown up with a toxic view of what men are supposed to be like a gay man can reject that more easily I think. Lesbians likewise have grown up with toxic views of what women are supposed to be like and they are freer to go against that.

http://www.democraticunderground.com/?com=view_post&forum=1137&pid=44702

AtheistCrusader

(33,982 posts)

6. He's also shitting on single parents, just for fun, apparently.

Reply to trotsky (Original post)

Tue Jun 16, 2015, 06:28 PM

Jun 2015

Lordquinton

(7,886 posts)

9. Bingo

Reply to AtheistCrusader (Reply #6)

Tue Jun 16, 2015, 10:00 PM

Jun 2015

And that falls heavily on single mothers.

Yorktown

(2,884 posts)

8. "Children would gain more from non-religious parents" says Pope Yorktown

Reply to trotsky (Original post)

Tue Jun 16, 2015, 07:59 PM

Jun 2015

I suggest I replace the Pope: I'd make more sense.

Lordquinton

(7,886 posts)

10. Hasn't he read the bible?

Reply to trotsky (Original post)

Tue Jun 16, 2015, 10:05 PM

Jun 2015

It's Adam and Eve, not Adam or Eve. Clearly we're supposed to be bisexual.

mr blur

(7,753 posts)

11. Look, does anyone but Catholics give a damn what this old virgin bigot says?

Reply to trotsky (Original post)

Wed Jun 17, 2015, 06:31 AM

Jun 2015

They will believe anything he says - they have no choice or the whole ridiculous construction comes crumbling down.

The rest of us can just point out his bigotry, ignorance and stupidity and move on, knowing it will make no difference.

skepticscott

(13,029 posts)

12. Yes, actually

Reply to mr blur (Reply #11)

Wed Jun 17, 2015, 10:08 AM

Jun 2015

DU is swarming with people who dote on his every PR crafted utterance, even as they claim not to be Catholic.

mr blur

(7,753 posts)

13. Then these people would seem to be as shallow, bigoted, ignorant and stupid as Blank Frank himself.

Reply to skepticscott (Reply #12)

Wed Jun 17, 2015, 11:58 AM

Jun 2015

Actually, even dumber as they can't use the excuse that "my Church says I must believe that these are God's words that come out of Pope Awesome's asshole"

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