What a misleading title for this thread. This initiative by the Pope has nothing to do with gay bashing. It is an attempt by the RC Church to bring some fellow travelers in Christ back into the fold.
#2 | Posted by moder8
Nothing to do with gay bashing?
Yer kidding, right?
The Pope is in a pickle.
His flock dwindles as more and more people decide that the hidebound dinosaur of a religion that is the "modern" Roman Catholic Church is not progressive enough.
Ergo, this move to snatch disaffected homophobes away from the divided Anglicans was almost inevitable in hindsight.
And if you think religious based intolerance of gays is not the main reason for the move fer most you need to think again.
Not just gay bashers, El Poppa Ratzi is also welcoming Christians retarded enough to buy into the whole "women aren't as good as men" bullshit into the fold as well.
Spud left the RC church a long time ago. Not cos of the whole "God is a human construct" thing or even the pedophile priest thing. Spud left the church specifically because their morality was inferior to Spud's. Not only that but in many instances they were calling for immoral acts* and trying to define them as morality.
/*Basically defining discrimination of gays and women as part of God's Plan (TM) while considering birth control a sin.
Plus Spud luffs sleeping in on Sundays.
Now some folks are choosing to join the Church fer the same reasons that caused Spud to leave.
Funny ole world.
Be Well.
/8 1/2 inches of starchy Liberal Fury, entering the DR
stage left.