Slog - Comments on BREAKING: Pope Catholic http://slog.thestranger.com/2007/03/breaking_pope_catholic The Pope wants us all to know that the Church's opposition to gay marriage is "non-negotiable." He's ordered all Catholic politicians everywhere to oppose gay marriage--and civil unions. Even a proposed law in Italy that would allow same-sex partners access to each other in the hospital is unacceptable to the ol' Nazi. Gee, the Pope's non-negotiable on gay marriage? That's so out of character. I mean, seeing as how flexible the Church is on choice, birth control, condoms, female priests, and just about every other issue that touches on human sexuality. It's really just on the issue of gay marriage... Copyright 2008 Fri, 30 Mar 2007 09:32:04 -0800 Sat, 31 Mar 2007 03:16:15 -0800 http://www.movabletype.org/?v=3.34 http://blogs.law.harvard.edu/tech/rss Comment by Mike in MO It makes me so sad that people still have give this old coot the time of day. Or any religious leader for that matter...

]]> Mike in MO http://slog.thestranger.com/2007/03/breaking_pope_catholic#c686492 http://slog.thestranger.com/2007/03/breaking_pope_catholic#c686492 Sex Fri, 30 Mar 2007 09:51:40 -0800 Comment by monkey Ditto: Exactly what Mike said

]]> monkey http://slog.thestranger.com/2007/03/breaking_pope_catholic#c686502 http://slog.thestranger.com/2007/03/breaking_pope_catholic#c686502 Sex Fri, 30 Mar 2007 09:57:43 -0800 Comment by Patrick I did not think Benny Boy could be any worse than J2P2, but it seems he is worse. The Catholic Church still has way too much power, but that is in decline. As to who listens to him I think most thinking people take the pope with a grain of salt. He must be getting concerned about his flock raising questions. Last week he reminded everybody that hell was a "real place".

]]> Patrick http://slog.thestranger.com/2007/03/breaking_pope_catholic#c686508 http://slog.thestranger.com/2007/03/breaking_pope_catholic#c686508 Sex Fri, 30 Mar 2007 10:08:13 -0800 Comment by torrentprime As a gay Catholic who always understood the Church's policies but never felt particularly unwelcome in the Church, I can tell you that JP2 was much better. But then again, as ECB might say, the no abortion and no birth control issues didn't really affect me too much, so I didn't notice, now did I?
My only solace with this recent antigay-crazy world we live in is that as more and more churches break off hundreds of years of unity to join some psycho in Africa that wants to make it a crime for gays to talk on a street corner, more and more church attendees will say "WTF" and let the gay thing go. At some point, people will have had enough. I hope.

]]> torrentprime http://slog.thestranger.com/2007/03/breaking_pope_catholic#c686515 http://slog.thestranger.com/2007/03/breaking_pope_catholic#c686515 Sex Fri, 30 Mar 2007 10:14:14 -0800 Comment by Joe The Church's position on anything is non-negotiable. Just ask the jews in spain. It's easy to shrug and say "who cares" because in the developed world nobody really does. But two-thirds of Catholics are below the equator, and most of them aren't in developed countries. They do listen, for the most part, and they largely agree (which is part of the reason there's so goddamn many of them). And anybody who thought Eggs would be less of a hard-ass than JP2 wasn't paying attention to the German's previous job.

]]> Joe http://slog.thestranger.com/2007/03/breaking_pope_catholic#c686647 http://slog.thestranger.com/2007/03/breaking_pope_catholic#c686647 Sex Fri, 30 Mar 2007 11:48:31 -0800 Comment by Risley Speaking of fun Catholic things, Dan, if you haven't already you should definitely check out this post on Ivy Gate:

Young Christian Soldiers

The comments it gets should do his Popeness proud. There's also a follow-up:

A Catholic Retort

Enjoy! (Love, Risley)

]]> Risley http://slog.thestranger.com/2007/03/breaking_pope_catholic#c686883 http://slog.thestranger.com/2007/03/breaking_pope_catholic#c686883 Sex Fri, 30 Mar 2007 15:38:50 -0800 Comment by lawrence clark I loved,loved your post, Risley. The anal beads took me by surprise. Very funny. Screw the Pope.

]]> lawrence clark http://slog.thestranger.com/2007/03/breaking_pope_catholic#c687142 http://slog.thestranger.com/2007/03/breaking_pope_catholic#c687142 Sex Sat, 31 Mar 2007 03:16:15 -0800