I'm not surprised the Pope dropped at least two bombs during his return flight to Italy.
Pope Francis said on Monday government officials have a “human right” to refuse to discharge a duty, such as issuing marriage licenses to homosexuals, if they feel it violates their conscience.
On the flight back to Rome, he was asked if he supported individuals, including government officials, who refuse to abide by some laws, such as issuing marriage licenses to gays.
“Conscientious objection must enter into every juridical structure because it is a right,” Francis said.
Nope.
Sorry, Pope Francis, you're wrong. Our Constitution does allow for conscientious objection: in one's home and church, but it does not allow it in government offices. With his nonsensical, biased statement, the Pope proves the Catholic Church has not changed. They still want the U.S. to toss our Constitution into the trash, and have state sanctioned religion-- Christianity.
The Catholic Church wants the worst sort of ignorant, bigoted hypocrites like Kim Davis to exercise authority over the rest of us. The "conscientious" rights of the few takes precedent over the majority.
FAIL.
Regarding the Church's decades long sex abuse scandal, the Pope stated something to the effect "Well, sexual abuse doesn't happen only in the Church, but it's "worse when committed by men of religion".
Nice silly dancing/excuse making.
The Pope isn't helping with these comments.
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