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In the discussion thread: Yes the pope is Catholic. But he didn't say gay marriage threatens humanity [View all]

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Mon Mar 12, 2012, 02:43 PM

deacon_sephiroth (670 posts)

43. there was never a NEED for interpretation

but I'll wait to see if this one also gets "interpreted"...

BTW I am loving the comments on that article, go go DU!

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49 replies	Author	Time	Post
Yes the pope is Catholic. But he didn't say gay marriage threatens humanity [View all]	rug	Jan 2012	OP
quoted:	barbtries	Jan 2012	#1
"Gay marriage a threat to humanity's future: Pope"	rug	Jan 2012	#6
yep. nt	barbtries	Jan 2012	#7
So let me check my math.	Goblinmonger	Jan 2012	#2
No, he didn't.	Donald Ian Rankin	Jan 2012	#41
Seems like hairsplitting.	Skinner	Jan 2012	#3
You can read it several ways.	rug	Jan 2012	#9
You seriously think he meant what you write in your 3rd paragraph?	Goblinmonger	Jan 2012	#11
Post that third paragraph in the LGBT group and see how far you get.	darkstar3	Jan 2012	#22
Feel free to crosspost and tell me the response.	rug	Jan 2012	#24
I did respond directly to you, or did you miss my last word?	darkstar3	Jan 2012	#25
I couldn't say that. Is that what you are saying?	rug	Jan 2012	#27
Is that supposed to be clever?	darkstar3	Jan 2012	#28
No, I dont want you or your accusations to hide behind grammar.	rug	Jan 2012	#29
And just what do you think is hidden in the words clearly readable above?	darkstar3	Jan 2012	#30
State them. Have the dignity of owning your words	rug	Jan 2012	#31
Didn't you read? I did.	darkstar3	Jan 2012	#33
As I suspected.	rug	Jan 2012	#34
It is difficult to deal with cognitive dissonance...	rexcat	Mar 2012	#48
oh please	deacon_sephiroth	Jan 2012	#4
It makes good headlines because it's disgraceful and homophobic	mr blur	Jan 2012	#5
LMAO!	Behind the Aegis	Jan 2012	#8
I think "implied" is too kind.	Goblinmonger	Jan 2012	#10
Did he say it in those exact words?	AlbertCat	Jan 2012	#19
Seriously? Its called reading between the lines...	Humanist_Activist	Jan 2012	#12
"policies which undermine the family threaten human dignity and the future of humanity itself"- Pope	cleanhippie	Jan 2012	#14
How is it a "mythical family unit"?	Leontius	Jan 2012	#15
Are you being intentionally obtuse?	cleanhippie	Jan 2012	#16
Except that he did say that.	cleanhippie	Jan 2012	#13
E.A.F.	Plantaganet	Jan 2012	#17
you are splitting hairs but	DawnBrooks	Jan 2012	#18
The Catholic Church, or any other church cannot talk about human dignity ..........	MarkCharles	Jan 2012	#20
What a pathetic attempt to	edhopper	Jan 2012	#21
Indeed.	darkstar3	Jan 2012	#23
+1...nt	SidDithers	Jan 2012	#26
+1000	laconicsax	Jan 2012	#35
Yes, He's Catholic, and YES, He said it!	MarkCharles	Jan 2012	#32
Brown: "Why I shouldn't have been upset about the reporting on the pope's speech"	muriel_volestrangler	Jan 2012	#36
Yes, it was a secondary aspect of the speech with little new.	rug	Jan 2012	#37
Regarding ethics in the economy, and the Arab spring,etc., what else	MarkCharles	Jan 2012	#38
Here's a link for you.	rug	Jan 2012	#39
So, other than praying and speaking, including castigating gays in speeches...	MarkCharles	Jan 2012	#40
Thankfully...	Plantaganet	Mar 2012	#42
there was never a NEED for interpretation	deacon_sephiroth	Mar 2012	#43
Good catch.	trotsky	Mar 2012	#46
n/t	Plantaganet	Mar 2012	#49
Uh, yeah, he did.	MineralMan	Mar 2012	#44
What makes this man an expert on marriage and family??	Angry Dragon	Mar 2012	#45
he's a living breathing appeal to authority fallacy	deacon_sephiroth	Mar 2012	#47

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