The pope’s selection as 'Person of the Year' by the homosexuals

The LGBT community has a special appreciation for the Pope because he has emphasized the dignity of each person and insisted that it is not possible to devalue another human being based on our understanding of that person’s sins.

Any well-formed Catholic understands that this would, in fact, be a fundamental hypocrisy, for we are all sinners. And to its credit, The Advocate recognizes that “Pope Francis is still not pro-gay by today’s standard”. At times the editors seem to understand that what we have in Pope Francis is simply a “stark change of rhetoric”, and they are well-aware that it may go no further than that. But at the same time, The Advocate completely misunderstands the fact that Pope Francis and his “homophobic” predecessors (their term for Benedict XVI and John Paul II) actually believe exactly the same thing.

The Advocate closes its Person of the Year essay by quoting from a statement by the LGBT organization Equally Blessed, which betrays exactly the same confusions:

Catholic leaders who continue to belittle gays and lesbians can no longer claim that their inflammatory remarks represent the sentiments of the pope. Bishops who oppose the expansion of basic civil rights — such as an end to discrimination in the work place — can no longer claim that the pope approves of their discriminatory agenda. Pope Francis did not articulate a change in the church’s teaching today, but he spoke compassionately, and in doing so, he has encouraged an already lively conversation that may one day make it possible for the church to fully embrace gay and lesbian Catholics.

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