Vatican: Pope's Meeting With Kim Davis 'Not A Form Of Support' - When it comes to news stories, I don't like to follow the huge crowd in repeating one, but this is the BIG story of the time right now. The Vatican is scrambling to downplay the Pope's meeting with Kim Davis. Is you ask me, they should have been scrambling a bit quicker instead of coming out with this explanation days later.
Charles Pierce nailed it: The Vatican confirms Pope Francis was “ratf*cked” into meeting Kim Davis - Well I think that puts it about right . . .Liberty Counsel’s Mat Staver Calls Out Lying Media: We Never Said Pope Francis Supports Kim Davis - And Mat Staver is backtracking. Of course he would be marginally successful except for the following press release issued by the Liberty Counsel on Sept. 29. This is only a partial jpeg of the release. Click on the link to read it entirely. One wonders if the Liberty Counsel will either edit or do away with it:
The Vatican Contradicts Liberty Counsel's Claims About Kim Davis' Meeting With Pope Francis - And let's wrap this up with a concise breakdown by Right Wing Watch.
I think it's safe to assume that we are now at the level of a full-blown scandal here. That being the case, let's take a look at the BIG LOSERS of the debacle
Pope Francis - One short meeting has totally wrecked any good will he hoped to garner by visiting the United States.
The Vatican - A scandal is only made worse when there is no quick and complete push back. If Pope Francis is looking like a horse's ass here, it is only because the Vatican failed him tremendously.
Kim Davis - She doesn't garner any "cool points" here. She gets no boost from the visit. Instead, I think the little credibility she had has been diminished.
The Liberty Counsel - Speaking of an entity with very little credibility. Everyone is probably completely pissed at this group. I mean we are talking "pissed to the highest levels of pissivity" - The Vatican, Pope Francis, the folks supporting Pope Francis's visit, the lgbt community (who have already been justifiably angry at the antics of this group.) Fresh off of being caught passing along a phony story of a Peruvian prayer rally for Davis, this group and its leader, Mat Staver, has just demonstrated that there is no level too low for them to stoop and no spin too outrageous enough for them to push. They have helped to wreck Pope Francis' credibility and their own argument of 'religious liberty.' And the lgbt community barely lifted a finger for this to happen.
As an lgbt activist, I should be angry. But as a child of the South weaned on afternoon soap operas with dishy plots, I am so loving this. God help me, I am soooo loving this.
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The biggest loser of all in the Davis affair though is Christianity. Had Davis resigned her position when all of this started she would have earned the respect of believers and non-believers alike. Instead she allowed herself to become a patsy of the Liberty Counsel in the self-awarded name of Christianity. Now non-believers around the country are rolling their eyes in disgust and saying "ugh, those Christians, they think their religion puts them above the law!" How likely is it that any of those non-believers are going to be interested in listening to the message of Christ's compassion? Darn few I daresay.
If Satan wanted to slander the name of Christianity in the USA, he couldn't have done a better job than the Davis affair.
Besides homophobia, how many teachings do Catholicism and the Kim Davis religion share?
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