Comments on: Lady Gaga v. Papa Ratzi http://www.boxturtlebulletin.com/2012/09/24/49015 News, analysis and fact-checking of anti-gay rhetoric Sat, 18 May 2013 05:23:44 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.4.2 By: typical http://www.boxturtlebulletin.com/2012/09/24/49015/comment-page-1#comment-151107 typical Wed, 26 Sep 2012 03:44:26 +0000 http://www.boxturtlebulletin.com/?p=49015#comment-151107 OK,OK,OK...Timothy and I have completely different politics...religion to me is oppressive and exclusionary..Timothy's "god" hates me and will send me to HELL simply because I exist...but COME ON!..PAPA RATZI...FUCKING HYSTERICAL(hysterical being a totaly misogynistic anti-feminist term)...but still OK,OK,OK…Timothy and I have completely different politics…religion to me is oppressive and exclusionary..Timothy’s “god” hates me and will send me to HELL simply because I exist…but COME ON!..PAPA RATZI…FUCKING HYSTERICAL(hysterical being a totaly misogynistic anti-feminist term)…but still

]]> By: DN http://www.boxturtlebulletin.com/2012/09/24/49015/comment-page-1#comment-150593 DN Tue, 25 Sep 2012 10:57:32 +0000 http://www.boxturtlebulletin.com/?p=49015#comment-150593 I agree that it's a pretty smart response, up until the point that the Vatican is recognized as a sovereign nation and is recognized with embassies. That's where the line starts to blur between people who care about the pope and people who don't. Not to mention the billions upon billions of tax subsidies every person gives to every church, whether or not they support those churches' missions. I agree that it’s a pretty smart response, up until the point that the Vatican is recognized as a sovereign nation and is recognized with embassies. That’s where the line starts to blur between people who care about the pope and people who don’t.

Not to mention the billions upon billions of tax subsidies every person gives to every church, whether or not they support those churches’ missions.

]]> By: F Young http://www.boxturtlebulletin.com/2012/09/24/49015/comment-page-1#comment-150400 F Young Tue, 25 Sep 2012 03:54:55 +0000 http://www.boxturtlebulletin.com/?p=49015#comment-150400 The Google translation is quite good, but has a few errors. The text below includes excerpts of the official English translation from the Vatican's news release: http://www.news.va/en/news/pope-to-french-bishops-be-prophetic-in-defence-of The Church is called to defend the family and marriage from every possible misrepresentation of their true nature (...) "Defense of life and the family in society is not retrograde, but rather prophetic..." Benedict XVI stated notably at this meeting, before recalling that marriage and the family "are institutions that must be promoted and defended from every possible misrepresentation of their true nature, since whatever is injurious to them is in fact injurious to human coexistence as such". The Google translation is quite good, but has a few errors. The text below includes excerpts of the official English translation from the Vatican’s news release:

http://www.news.va/en/news/pope-to-french-bishops-be-prophetic-in-defence-of

The Church is called to defend the family and marriage from every possible misrepresentation of their true nature (…) “Defense of life and the family in society is not retrograde, but rather prophetic…” Benedict XVI stated notably at this meeting, before recalling that marriage and the family “are institutions that must be promoted and defended from every possible misrepresentation of their true nature, since whatever is injurious to them is in fact injurious to human coexistence as such”.

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