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In reply to the discussion: Pope Francis Kisses Sick Man With Boils Showing The Healing Power Of Compassion [View all]AtheistCrusader
(33,982 posts)Over the money, lobbying, and objections of the Church. It took a couple tries. Came too late for people like my father, but we got it done.
State by state we will fix this, over their objections.
As I mentioned to another poster above, it would be one thing for the church to prohibit it to catholics, and other for them to work to prohibit it for everyone. It's not really my business if the church wants to prohibit it for members, but they make it my business by trying to prohibit it for me too.
That photo that started this thread, suggested as an instance of the 'healing power of compassion' flies in the face of real world results of the church's political lobbying on several issues. It's literally the opposite. If we are going to talk about the church's compassion on one issue, it is worth mentioning its lack of compassion on other issues.