Joe: "P.S. Ake says: The Pope has no option than to state and uphold the beliefs of his church, and if you are serious about your faith....neither have you. You're partly right, Ake - but perhaps that means I'm more powerful than the Pope, because I'm free to say exactly what I believe. Lay Catholics don't get excommunicated for saying what they believe - but priests and bishops don't have that freedom. I do think that promiscuous sex is wrong - so homosexuals should be encouraged to get married. I can't teach that as a catechist representing the Catholic Church, but I certainly can say it outside of a teaching situation. The Pope can't; although I understand that he may be more sympathetic to the concerns of homosexuals, than people think he is."

Well said. But some people just can't stand the fact you're not holding prejudiced views against certain minorities.

Ake, the longer you stay here, the more your comfortable stereotypes just keep crumbling away.

When I speak, for instance, I speak in part as a confessed and practicing Muslim, and, in part, as a gay man. So I have no difficulty relating to people of faith over a wide range of issues.

All in all your world view looks quite tired and worn out, as many here keep trying to explain to you more patiently perhaps than I do.