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In reply to the discussion: VATICAN CITY: Pope Blesses Uganda's Rebecca "Kill The Gays" Kadaga [View all]Le Taz Hot
(22,271 posts)58. Hold up there, Buckaroo.
Not only can you not speak for DU, you cannot speak for California (says this 57-year-old California Native). What we teach in our schools is not always practiced on the playground or were you asleep during Prop. H8? I also find it amusing at your little geographical elitist stereotype suggesting that California is unique in teaching about hate speech. Seems your high horse is somewhat vertically-challenged, to be kind.
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VATICAN CITY: Pope Blesses Uganda's Rebecca "Kill The Gays" Kadaga [View all]
Are_grits_groceries
Dec 2012
OP
catholic church has been a blood thirsty mob for about 2000 years, what's new? nt
msongs
Dec 2012
#2
So why does the USA have diplomatic relations with the Vatican? And since we do, why
byeya
Dec 2012
#4
Better to ask why the US is giving Uganda $100 million a year in military aid.
HiPointDem
Dec 2012
#26
The US *funds* the Ugandan government, and american protestant missionaries are the ones
HiPointDem
Dec 2012
#27
Uganda is a US ally. It gave Uganda $100 million in military aid this year, plus assorted other aid
HiPointDem
Dec 2012
#29
where is your post addressing US aid, or the government-connected evangelicals whose actions
HiPointDem
Dec 2012
#40
"Communication that carries no meaning other than the expression of hatred for some group;
allrevvedup
Dec 2012
#51
The US government gave Uganda $100 million in military aid last year; it also gets substantial
HiPointDem
Dec 2012
#25
As another poster said, the occasion was one of the regular large masses the Pope gives; he
HiPointDem
Dec 2012
#32