SFist: Pope Benedict XVI Says Nope to Gays and Trannies

prosperewebitor

Wed, 24 Dec 2008 15:14:47 -0800

So aaaaaaa, what EXACTLY did the Pope say then?

aaaaaaa

Wed, 24 Dec 2008 15:06:42 -0800

"saving humanity from homosexual or transsexual behavior is just as important as saving the rainforest from destruction." The pope didn't say this. http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/europe/7796663.stm did, at the beginning of the story, which is an interpretation of what the pope said. He never explicitly said anything about homosexuality. Nothing like seeing the media take something nuanced and sensationalize it into something it isn't...If something is going to justify someone's decision to hate or to be violent, it's not going to be what the pope said (which was about gender theory), it's going to be what the media has said the pope said. I am really tired of the media stirring things up and acting as though they are doing real journalism.

SFJoe

Wed, 24 Dec 2008 14:32:37 -0800

Well, to be fair, the pope couldn't really use Rick Warren's pedophilia schtick now, could he? The last thing the pope wants to bring up is pedophilia. This is the only thing he's got left, weird as it is.

bluecanary

Wed, 24 Dec 2008 14:30:43 -0800

Gay churchgoer makes about as much sense as black KKK member.

oskarv

Wed, 24 Dec 2008 12:46:40 -0800

not only does this clarify the vatican's bigoted position on homosexuality (gay marriage aside)...it also suggests that it doesn't take deforestation all that seriously.

Generic

Wed, 24 Dec 2008 12:10:25 -0800

Oy vey!

travin

Wed, 24 Dec 2008 11:58:52 -0800

I will bow down when Jesus brings the pork chops.

Brock Keeling

Wed, 24 Dec 2008 11:50:12 -0800

travin, bow down to the panopticon eye in the sky!

The Angry Young Man

Wed, 24 Dec 2008 11:43:52 -0800

Brock, you tell that pope to take his mass and shove it up his ass. Also, Debra Saunders has 80's hair. President Ray Gun is dead, her hair should follow suit.

KatyG

Wed, 24 Dec 2008 11:38:15 -0800

Remind me again why I should listen to someone who has sworn to remove sexual desire and thoughts from his very soul and has foresworn any type of lifelong emotional committment to another human being about these very topics?

travin

Wed, 24 Dec 2008 11:34:43 -0800

I believe the root of the problem is exampled by the statement "something so important as religion."

mariconsoy

Wed, 24 Dec 2008 11:32:39 -0800

This is an example of why I can't understand why anyone LGBT would want to subject themselves to a hateful church.

cv

Wed, 24 Dec 2008 11:23:09 -0800

Forget Bambi Lake. I say we sic Carole Migden on His Holiness. That would be a more entertaining duel.

RinconHillSF

Wed, 24 Dec 2008 11:16:35 -0800

Nice dress, pope.