If this is true, then perhaps America should skip havving an “ambassador” at the Vatican

Vatican sources told Il Giornale that their support for abortion disqualified Ms Kennedy and other Roman Catholics President Barack Obama had been seeking to appoint.

Mr Obama was reportedly seeking to reward John F Kennedy’s daughter, who publicly gave her support to his election bid. She had been poised to replace Hillary Clinton as New York senator, but dropped out amid criticism that she lacked enough experience for the job. The Italian paper said that the Vatican strongly disapproved of Mr Obama’s support for abortion and stem cell research. The impasse over the ambassadorial appointment threatens to cloud his meeting with the Pope during a G8 summit in Itay in July. More

Clearly, the President should take his won sweet time about naming a new ambassador – I mean I am not sure we can afford to send one tot he Vatican anyway …

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Missed chance at grant a blow for The Center

HILLCREST — British poet Alexander Pope famously noted 300 years ago that to err is human, to forgive divine.

San Diego publisher Michael Portantino might not have been pondering “An Essay on Criticism” when he learned San Diego’s main community center for gays and lesbians missed a deadline to apply for a major grant.

But Portantino surely adopted Pope’s way of thinking when he wrote about the blunder in the Gay & Lesbian Times.

Instead of lambasting the San Diego Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual and Transgender Community Center for failing to seek a city grant worth tens of thousands of dollars, the publisher urged readers to forgive the mistake and make up the difference with their own donations.

“There’s not a CEO of a company that hasn’t made a mistake,” Portantino said. “Anybody who doesn’t reach in their pocket and write out a check for $5, $10, $15 or $20 right now should be ashamed of themselves.”

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San Diego Union Tribune, CA

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Gay man excomm-unicates himself

Pioneering candidate ends church relationship after Pope spoke against decriminalization.

Leader: Pope’s gay jab twisted

Is gay marriage bad for family? Europe might have the answer

Will gay marriage in California fundamentally change family life? Some backers of Proposition 8, which bans gay marriage, have argued that same-sex unions could “undermine” traditional marriage. But John Richardson at Esquire noted that little has changed in European countries that allow gay marriage:

They say that acceptance of gays could even lead to the “self-destruction” of the human race, as the Pope himself recently argued. But once again the actual evidence goes against the assumption. Not only have gay rights had no effect on constantly expanding population rates, but they’ve had no effect on traditional marriage in those European countries where they have the most extensive legal protections. Similarly, the legalization of gay marriage in Massachusetts hasn’t changed a relevant fact: Massachusetts has one of the lowest divorce rates in the United States. This is relevant because divorce is the real threat to American families, having broken up more than fifty percent of all marriages since it achieved widespread acceptance.

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Los Angeles Times, CA