Pope Francis Gives The Thumbs Up To An Anti-LGBT Referendum In Slovakia
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Pope Francis gives an anti-LGBT referendum in Slovakia the thumbs up.[/caption]
We can't with Pope Francis anymore: First he tells us gays and lesbians have "gifts" that benefit Christians. Then he says families are under attack by "by growing efforts on the part of some to redefine the very institution of marriage.” Then he has a private meeting with a Spanish trans man.
Now His Excellency is being using to promote a national referendum in Slovakia that would ban same-sex marriage and adoption, and allow parents to opt out of basic sex education for their children.
A billboard featuring Francis with his thumb up went up in the Klokocina district in Nitra, Slovakia, advertising a national referendum being put to a vote today. A tagline on the sign, a quote from the Pope, reads "Slovakia fights brave today for the protection of the traditional family."
Slovakia, a predominately Catholic Country, is one of several Eastern European nations struggling to reconcile progressive Western attitudes with entrenched conservative values.
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A woman casts her vote in the same-sex marriage referendum in Slovakia.[/caption]
The anti-LGBT Alliance for Family got the referendum on the ballot by gathering more than 400,000 signatures. Alliance leader Anna Veresova called efforts to extend marriage equality “nonsensical” and insists Slovakia must protect itself from infection by the West.
“We can hardly say that Slovakia is an isolated island in the middle of an ocean that can’t be affected,” Veresova said. “That’s not true.”
