LGBTQ+ advot hail Pope’s rejectn of sexual orientatn as crime and ll to bishops to rist anti-gay laws as ‘tone’
Contents:
- POPE FRANCIS SAYS HOMOSEXUALY "IS NOT A CRIME," BUT GAY SEX IS "A S"
- POPE FRANCIS LLS FOR END TO ANTI-GAY LAWS AND LGBTQ+ WELE OM CHURCH
- POPE FRANCIS SAYS HOMOSEXUALY IS A S BUT NOT A CRIME AND CRICIZ 'UNJT' ANTI-GAY LAWS
- THE POPE’S ‘SHOCKG’ STATEMENT ON GAY MARRIAGE IS G AN UPROAR AMONG CATHOLICS
- EXCLUSIVE: TAYLOR MARSHALL SAYS POPE FRANCIS MAY CHANGE POSN OF CATHOLIC CHURCH ON GAY MARRIAGE
POPE FRANCIS SAYS HOMOSEXUALY "IS NOT A CRIME," BUT GAY SEX IS "A S"
Pope Francis: Homosexualy "isn't a crime". Rome — Pope Francis has lled laws crimalizg homosexualy as fundamentally "unfair, " makg clear that the md of the lear of the Catholic Church, "beg homosexual is not a crime.
Francis reerated, however, church teachg that engagg homosexual activy is sful.
POPE FRANCIS LLS FOR END TO ANTI-GAY LAWS AND LGBTQ+ WELE OM CHURCH
Pope signals support for same-sex unns parture om Catholic Church stance on gay rights. Catholic Church teachg says that gay people mt be weled to the church and treated wh rpect and kdns, spe the fact that homosexual acts are nsired "trsilly disorred.
"However, Pope Francis has repeatedly champned homosexual rights and advoted for cln of LGBTQ people Catholic life. Stat still have laws agast sodomy, spe the Supreme Court clarg them unnstutnal pope said that some bishops om untri that crimalize homosexualy support the laws bee they're part of the lol culture, and he lled on those bishops to unrgo a procs of "nversn, " orr to wele LGBQT people to their mistry "wh tenrns. 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”.
POPE FRANCIS SAYS HOMOSEXUALY IS A S BUT NOT A CRIME AND CRICIZ 'UNJT' ANTI-GAY LAWS
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.
Francis quoted the Catholic techism sayg gay people mt be weled and rpected, and should not be margalised or discrimated agast. Some Catholic bishops have strongly upheld them as nsistent wh Vatin teachg, while others have lled for them to be overturned as a vlatn of basic human Tuday, Francis said there need to be a distctn between a crime and a s wh regard to homosexualy. Church teachg holds that homosexual acts are sful, or “trsilly disorred”, but that gay people mt be treated wh digny and rpect.
THE POPE’S ‘SHOCKG’ STATEMENT ON GAY MARRIAGE IS G AN UPROAR AMONG CATHOLICS
Francis has not changed the church’s teachg, which has long riled gay Catholics. But he has ma reachg out to LGBTQ+ people a hallmark of his pope’s ments didn’t specifilly addrs transgenr or nonbary people, jt homosexualy, but advot of greater LGBTQ+ cln the Catholic Church hailed the pope’s ments as a momento advance. VATICAN CITY (AP) — Pope Francis cricized laws that crimalize homosexualy as “unjt, ” sayg God lov all his children jt as they are and lled on Catholic bishops who support the laws to wele LGBTQ people to the church.
“Beg homosexual isn’t a crime, ” Francis said durg an exclive terview Tuday wh The Associated Prs. Francis acknowledged that Catholic bishops some parts of the world support laws that crimalize homosexualy or discrimate agast LGBTQ people, and he himself referred to the issue terms of “s. Francis’ 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 krgarten through third gra, as evince of ntued efforts to margalize LGBTQ Uned Natns has repeatedly lled for an end to laws crimalizg 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. Francis quoted the Catechism of the Catholic Church sayg gay people mt be weled and rpected, and should not be margalized or discrimated agast. In 2019, Francis had been expected to issue a statement opposg crimalizatn of homosexualy durg a meetg wh human rights groups that nducted rearch to the effects of such laws and so-lled “nversn therapi.
EXCLUSIVE: TAYLOR MARSHALL SAYS POPE FRANCIS MAY CHANGE POSN OF CATHOLIC CHURCH ON GAY MARRIAGE
The issue had never been raised an terview, but Francis willgly rpond, cg even the statistics about the number of untri where homosexualy is Tuday, Francis said there need to be a distctn between a crime and a s wh regard to homosexualy. Church teachg holds that homosexual acts are sful, or “trsilly disorred, ” but that gay people mt be treated wh digny and rpect.
But he has ma reachg out to LGBTQ people a hallmark of his pope’s ments didn’t specifilly addrs transgenr or nonbary people, jt homosexualy, but advot of greater LGBTQ cln the Catholic Church hailed the pope’s ments as a momento advance.
” — when he was asked about a purportedly gay prit — Francis has gone on to mister repeatedly and publicly to the gay and transgenr muni. As archbishop of Buenos Air, he favored grantg legal protectns to same-sex upl as an alternative to endorsg gay marriage, which Catholic doctre forbids. Dpe such outreach, Francis was cricized by the Catholic gay muny for a 2021 cree om the Vatin’s doctre office that said the church nnot bls same-sex 2008, the Vatin cled to sign onto a U.