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 LLS FOR END TO ANTI-GAY LAWS AND LGBTQ+ WELE OM CHURCH
- POPE FRANCIS' LGBTQ MENTS ARE NOT SURPRISG BUT SCERE, GAY VATIN ADVISER SAYS
- THE POPE’S ‘SHOCKG’ STATEMENT ON GAY MARRIAGE IS G AN UPROAR AMONG CATHOLICS
- WHAT DO POPE'S REMARKS ON GAYS MEAN?
- POPE FRANCIS SAYS HOMOSEXUALY "IS NOT A CRIME," BUT GAY SEX IS "A S"
- POPE FRANCIS SAYS HOMOSEXUALY IS A S BUT NOT A CRIME AND CRICIZ 'UNJT' ANTI-GAY LAWS
- POPE FRANCIS SAYS PARENTS SHOULD ‘NEVER NMN’ GAY CHILDREN
- JAGUARS STRENGTH ACH IS FIRST MALE ACH A MAJOR US-BASED PRO LEAGUE TO E OUT AS GAY
POPE FRANCIS LLS FOR END TO ANTI-GAY LAWS AND LGBTQ+ WELE OM CHURCH
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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.
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”. 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.
POPE FRANCIS' LGBTQ MENTS ARE NOT SURPRISG BUT SCERE, GAY VATIN ADVISER SAYS
NPR's Leila Fal speaks wh Juan Carlos Cz, a gay Chilean man who is a survivor of clergy sex abe, about remarks by Pope Francis that crimalizg homosexualy is "unjt." * pope comments gay *
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. ROME (AP) — has clarified his recent ments about homosexualy and s, sayg he was merely referrg to official Catholic moral teachg that teach that any sexual act outsi of marriage is a a note Friday, Francis relled that even that black-and-whe teachg is subject to circumstanc that might elimate the s altogether.
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”As he often do, Francis then imaged a nversatn wh someone who raised the matter of the church’s official teachg, which stat that homosexual acts are sful, or “trsilly disorred.
THE POPE’S ‘SHOCKG’ STATEMENT ON GAY MARRIAGE IS G AN UPROAR AMONG CATHOLICS
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”His ments llg for the crimalizatn of homosexualy were hailed by LGBTQ advot as a tone that would help end harassment and vlence agast LGBTQ persons. -based Outreach mistry for LGBTQ Catholics, asked Francis for clarifitn and prted the pope’s handwrten rponse on the Outreach webse late his note, Francis reaffirmed that homosexualy “is not a crime, ” and said he spoke out “ orr to strs that crimalizatn is neher good nor jt.
WHAT DO POPE'S REMARKS ON GAYS MEAN?
In his first terview sce the ath of former Pope Benedict XVI, Francis told the Associated Prs that laws crimalizg homosexualy are "unjt" and that Catholic bishops should apply "tenrns" and help ease discrimatn by welg LGBTQ people to the church. Cz says the church's sistence that homosexualy is "s, " a posn embraced by the pope, is "shameful, " although Cz says the pope appears to be tryg to shift the church's relatnship wh the LGBTQ muny.
POPE FRANCIS SAYS HOMOSEXUALY "IS NOT A CRIME," BUT GAY SEX IS "A S"
And he shifts this, you know, wordg, like you said , Leila, but he highlights how important is that 's more sful, you know, havg thgs agast your neighbor or beg uncharable, or crimal towards the gay muny, that's sful.
POPE FRANCIS SAYS HOMOSEXUALY IS A S BUT NOT A CRIME AND CRICIZ 'UNJT' ANTI-GAY LAWS
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.
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. 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. 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.
POPE FRANCIS SAYS PARENTS SHOULD ‘NEVER NMN’ GAY CHILDREN
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.
JAGUARS STRENGTH ACH IS FIRST MALE ACH A MAJOR US-BASED PRO LEAGUE TO E OUT AS GAY
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. Followg Pope Francis’s announcement clarg support for civil unn laws for same-sex upl, which breaks wh tradnal Catholic valu that oppose homosexual relatnships, the lear has garnered both cricism and support om people all over the world.
Most recently, NBC reports that retired Philippe Bishop Arturo Bast mented that he “had very ser doubts about the moral rrectns” of the Pope’s stance on legalizg gay relatnships.