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When a Kiss Is a Popemobile Protest


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A gay couple lock in a kiss while the Popemobile passes through the streets of Madrid. They were what was left of a foiled "kiss-in" protesting the Roman Catholic Church's "moral condemnations of sexuality," according to a Facebook page used to organize.

Hundreds of LGBT protesters planned to kiss while Pope Benedict XVI was en route through Madrid, but police blocked the protesters before they could meet up. The activists had planned to join up on the major artery Calle Serrano, along which the pope later traveled in his bulletproof white vehicle for a welcoming ceremony in Plaza Cibeles Square. — Lucas Grindley 

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Reader Comments
  • Name: Mariah
    Date posted: 8/19/2011 3:50:09 PM
    Hometown: Los Angeles

    Comment:

    I think some people commenting here are ignoring the fact that Spain has a large and influential Catholic population that influences cultural and social mores, as well as the political, economic and legal system. A lot of gay folks in Spain are Catholics themselves, and they have every right to ask the leaders of their religious institution to accept them – or at least, to stop openly condemning them. Gay Muslims and Gay Jews want the same thing from their religious organizations; they just don't have a figurehead like the Pope to openly protest, but they also protest within their own institutions to make change. Why is it that so many of us are so quick to complain about these types of hypocritical organizations, but then we mock the individuals who actually try to make a difference within these institutions?

  • Name: Diego
    Date posted: 8/19/2011 2:29:53 PM
    Hometown: Chile

    Comment:

    OMG youre so right! i think the same, why do they try to make this a church-gay war??, get over it people!!

  • Name: Stuffed Animal
    Date posted: 8/19/2011 12:49:20 PM
    Hometown: Kansas City

    Comment:

    These dumbass kiss-ins don't do a thing but give Pope Ratzi a hard-on. I'd rather give him a trial in the European Court of Human Rights.

  • Name: Tonka
    Date posted: 8/19/2011 12:28:29 PM
    Hometown: New York City

    Comment:

    A picture says a thousand words. Everybody is looking at the pope, Nobody gave a rats ass at those two silly nenas. Get over it people, your problem is not the churches stance on homosexuality, it's against Catholicism, PERIOD. Funny how you NEVER hear a peep against the Jews or the Muslims. Last time I checked, they're not too thrilled with homosexuality either.

  • Name: Jerry S
    Date posted: 8/19/2011 8:10:28 AM
    Hometown: Nanuet, NY

    Comment:

    What makes you believe she doesn't have a boyfriend?

  • Name: Andinho
    Date posted: 8/19/2011 6:38:43 AM
    Hometown: Menezes

    Comment:

    People, the Pope is jackass, he's so jealous because he doesn't have a boyfriend to share a sightseeing in his gay popemobile. His prejudice will bring him to the hell. He's the shame for the Catholic church.

  • Name: Scott Rose
    Date posted: 8/19/2011 1:34:14 AM
    Hometown: Manhattan

    Comment:

    The Pope is a stupid asshole who as a youth collaborated with the Nazis and now is one of the world's most vicious gay-bashers. He travels in a bullet-proof vehicle to protect himself from a gay kissing protest? He's an asshole! Sieg heil, Pabst!

  • Name: James
    Date posted: 8/18/2011 11:40:31 PM
    Hometown: Aberdeen

    Comment:

    As long as love is had for one another is what should matter. I am but a simple painter on a mission to paint images from The Bible in hopes of exposing these faults. Tolerance, above all else is what The Bible should preach. Please take a second and see my latest painting title "The Pope wears gold" it is at http://www.postmodernrevelation.com The next painting I am doing will be titled Leviticus 18:22 Let he who is without sin cast the first stone. Thank you and I wish you well. James

  • Name: Max
    Date posted: 8/18/2011 10:35:04 PM
    Hometown: Rome

    Comment:

    Forgot to mention the Pope's hands flying all over the place and the red Prada shoes. Gayer than this?

  • Name: Max
    Date posted: 8/18/2011 10:33:28 PM
    Hometown: Rome

    Comment:

    The sad thing is that the Pope is as gay as one can be. He has a long time lover in Rome, father Georg. It's an open secret. Everybody knows.



 
 
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