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Major Nikon

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1. Expecting the RCC to give up 2,000 yrs of intolerance is a bit much

Reply to Eugene (Original post)

Fri Apr 5, 2019, 05:35 PM

Apr 2019

But hey, Frank said nice things to a gay person in private once, so we should celebrate the baby steps. As the RCC is “evolving” on this issue, it should only be another thousand or three before they stop saying homosexuality is the devil’s work.

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Lawyers ask Vatican to denounce criminalization of homosexuality [View all] Eugene Apr 2019 OP

Expecting the RCC to give up 2,000 yrs of intolerance is a bit much Major Nikon Apr 2019 #1

well they closed down the ghettos finally in the 19th century... uriel1972 Apr 2019 #2

But he supports those laws Lordquinton Apr 2019 #3

The RCC draws their lines where they draw their lines. Igel Apr 2019 #4

There's truth in that Lordquinton Apr 2019 #5

OOOH! OOOH! I know! uriel1972 Apr 2019 #6

That's a good one Lordquinton Apr 2019 #8

I do give a rat's ass and more what the Vatican does... uriel1972 Apr 2019 #7

Exactly. trotsky Apr 2019 #9

The group in the OP aren't asking for the RCC to interfere, anyway. Mariana Apr 2019 #13

The article linked in the OP doesn't say Mariana Apr 2019 #11

So we can stop tickling the pope's balls for that "who am I to judge" thing, right? Act_of_Reparation Apr 2019 #10

I don't believe the RCC has actually issued any such denunciation. nt. Mariana Apr 2019 #12