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184380, It depends if people were waiting on facts to form an opinion on this issue
Posted by Buddy_Gilapagos, Fri Oct-02-15 02:32 PM
or if their mind was made up coming into it.


>http://www.salon.com/2015/10/02/pope_francis_met_with_openly_gay_couple_and_unlike_kim_davis_who_ambushed_him_he_did_so_intentionally/
>
>Pope Francis met with openly gay couple — and unlike Kim
>Davis, who ambushed him, he did so intentionally
>SCOTT ERIC KAUFMAN
>
>Pope Francis met with openly gay couple — and unlike Kim
>Davis, who ambushed him, he did so intentionally
>(Credit: Reuters/Aristide Economopoulos)
>Pope Francis met with a gay couple the day before he met with
>same-sex marriage opponent Kim Davis, CNN’s Daniel Burke
>reports.
>
>Yayo Grassi and his partner, Iwan — old friends of the pope
>from Argentina — visited the pontiff and were greeted with
>warm hugs. In an interview with CNN, Grassi said that “three
>weeks before the trip, he called me on the phone and said he
>would love to give me a hug.”
>
>Unlike the publicity stunt manufactured by Kim Davis, her
>lawyers, and elements within the church hostile to Francis’
>agenda, this meeting was both deliberate and purposive.
>
>Referring to the Vatican’s statement about Davis, in which
>Reverend Federico Lombardi said that “the only real audience
>granted by the Pope at the nunciature was with one of his
>former students and his family,” Grassi said “that was
>me.” Pope Francis taught him at Inmaculada Concepcion high
>school in Flores, Argentina, from 1964-1965.
>
>The pope is aware of Grassi’s sexuality, but “he has never
>been judgmental. He has never said anything negative.”
>
>“Obviously he is the pastor of the church and he has to
>follow the church’s teachings,” Grassi continued. “But
>as a human being he understands all kinds of situations, and
>he is open to all kinds of people, including those with
>different sexual characteristics.”


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