Pope reportedly told gay man:

[DemocratSinceBirth]

"God made you like that and loves you like that."


PER HLN

[ismnotwasm]

1. I told my oldest daughter--who is a devout Catholic

That the church will come to its senses eventually on Gay rights. She agrees and this is, at least a start. Long way to go though

[DemocratSinceBirth]

3. There is a lot of dogma to overcome.

Most lay Catholics are pro lgbtq.

[EffieBlack]

2. I love that man so much!

[Baitball Blogger]

7. You realize this may only last as long as he has the job?

His replacement could be the reincarnation of Antonio Scalia. It's all up to the priests who make that decision, once our esteemed Pope Francis meets his maker.

Long live Pope Francis.

[Mariana]

11. "This" hasn't changed anything, anyway.

The Pope didn't say anything like, "The Church will no longer oppose the legalization of same sex marriage" for example. Nothing is different.

[Baitball Blogger]

15. It does help. Many Catholics see the pope as their moral leader.

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[dalton99a]

4. Damn heretic

[Mariana]

9. I don't see how it's heretical at all.

Doesn't the Church teach that 1. God made everyone, 2. Everyone is a sinner, and 3. God loves everyone?

[Bluepinky]

5. What a compassionate, wise thing to say.

He truly is a man of God.

[The Polack MSgt]

6. This is not new. This has been the RC position on Homosexuality for decades

If the Pope was being honest he would have to include that a gay persons only path to heaven is "a chaste life of faith overcoming the test God has set you to"

Yes, this guy speaks softly but don't be confused - He is still saying the same things

[Garrett78]

14. If he was being honest, he'd say there's basically zero chance that his "God" exists.

[ananda]

8. "you" ... "like that"

I don't really like that phrasing but I guess
he means well.

[Runningdawg]

10. God loves you

like you are - just don't have sex, then he will send you to hell.

[Orsino]

12. Maybe someday he'll let the rest of us in on the secret. n/t

[haele]

13. Someone finally watched Mr. Rodger's Neighborhood.

And realized that Jesus was very much like Fred Rodgers.

In many ways, I'm thinking that if there was really was going to be a "second coming" of a representative of a Creator diety, it would be in the form of Fred Rodgers.

Haele