Pope Francis Showers Gay Mistry wh Praise Durg Pri Month

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• POPE FRANCIS LLS FOR END TO ANTI-GAY LAWS AND LGBTQ+ WELE OM CHURCH
• POPE FRANCIS SHOWERS GAY MISTRY WH PRAISE DURG PRI MONTH

POPE FRANCIS LLS FOR END TO ANTI-GAY LAWS AND LGBTQ+ WELE OM CHURCH

The posts e amid a spike anti-LGBTQ disrmatn on social media, which cis wh the celebratn of pri month earlit eratns of the pictur that AFP found onle stem om a Twter acunt lled "Gay Fort. Both posts clu #midjourneyv5 and #midjourney, referrg to a tool that AI to fabrite reached out to Gay Fort for ment, but a rponse was not nsistenciAFP found no evince the imag shared on social media are genue -- and some visual signs nfirm they are altered. What angered Italian LGBTQ cizens was what they nsired undue terference by the Vatin s attempt to stall a ntroversial bill beg bated the Italian Senate that would crimalize homophobia.

Ever sce Francis answered a qutn about a gay prit 2013 wh his own now famo qutn, “Who am I to judge?, ” many Catholics have hailed the pontiff as a bean of hope for LGBTQ clivy. But while Francis has often shown his words and personal acts of chary that he is close to LGBTQ dividuals, the Vatin as an stutn has done ltle to rest s hard doctral le, which views homosexualy as sful and as “trsilly disorred. Dpe the Vatin’s recent terference on the Zan bill, “that’s not who Pope Francis is, ” Cz said, addg that private nversatns the pontiff mak clear that not only did God make the activist gay, but lov him the way he is.

In March, jt as the Vatin’s Congregatn for the Doctre of the Fah put out a document banng blsgs of gay upl — “God nnot bls s, ” read — Francis was heard supportg civil unns for gay dividuals an terview wh Mexin broadster Televisa.

POPE FRANCIS SHOWERS GAY MISTRY WH PRAISE DURG PRI MONTH

Ocsnally the pontiff’s statements on homosexualy seem to ntradict themselv. The thorizatn to fly the flag – which was not a mandate – was given ahead of May 17, observed as the ternatnal day agast homophobia, transphobia, and biphobia. History, issued a statement on June 1 for “Lbian, Gay, Bisexual, Transgenr, and Queer Pri Month, 2021.

Embassy to the Holy See ma pro-LGBT social media posts on the ternatnal day agast homophobia, transphobia, and biphobia and durg “Pri Month, " 2014, and 2011. Pope Francis has cricised laws that crimalise homosexualy as “unjt”, sayg God lov all his children jt as they are, and llg on Catholic bishops who support the laws to wele LGBTQ+ people to the church. “Beg homosexual isn’t a crime, ” Francis said on Tuday an terview.

Francis acknowledged that Catholic bishops some parts of the world support laws that crimalise homosexualy or discrimate agast LGBTQ+ people, and he himself referred to the issue terms of “s”. Francis’s ments, which were hailed by gay rights advot as a tone, are the first uttered by a pope about such laws. Gay rights advot say the antiquated laws are ed to jtify harassment, and pot to new legislatn, such as the “Don’t say gay” law Florida, which forbids stctn on sexual orientatn and genr inty om krgarten up to third gra, as evince of ntued efforts to margalise LGBTQ+ UN has repeatedly lled for an end to laws crimalisg homosexualy outright, sayg they vlate rights to privacy and eedom om discrimatn and are a breach of untri’ obligatns unr ternatnal law to protect the human rights of all people, regardls of their sexual orientatn or genr inty.