dishonesty nor for their personal attacks against those who challenged their honesty. That is because they are without ethics of any kind.

http://election.democraticunderground.com/10024610462#post13

... are especially unfair to Catholics who support LGBT equality. Unlike some folks, I have no vested interest in validation from the Pope nor do I expect any real change in the Church's attitude towards women and LGBTs. I'm also aware of how this game has been played and so fully expected this outcome, down to some Vatican spokesman who, within a few days, followed up the Pope's remarks to explain that Francis didn't really mean what people thought he did. And 'round it goes. It serves as nothing more than a distraction. I suppose the hope is that folks will only remember what they thought Francis said, which got mega global press, as opposed to a clarification of what he actually meant, delivered by some Vatican minion to be published in the back pages of a few rags. Because this is the outcome I fully expected, this "news" is not the disappointment it must be to Catholic LGBT allies, who I hope at this point will tire of getting their chains yanked.

told as excuse to bully, demean, dismiss and distract from the actions of the Church and Francis toward LGBT people globally.

Probably because I don't want to believe, in my heart of hearts, that this type of PR maneuvering originates from such a point of spite. Even now I think I can be rather naïve in that regard, I guess. But then what do I know? I'm just some neo-corporate shill and "hater".

His opinion doesn't make a damn bit of difference in the grand scheme of things. Those who listen to him, I don't want much to do with. And those who don't, I do. Life goes on.

To paraphrase George Carlin: I have just about as much power as the pope. Just fewer followers.