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With his softer message on gay and divorced families, the Pope has figured out what the
Republicans haven’t grasped—you’ve got to tone it down if you want to keep a modern flock.

Yesterday, when the Vatican released the pope's latest statement offering a softer tone toward the
gay community than pontiffs in the past, it suggested that the Catholic Church may have figured out
what the Republican Party hasn’t yet grasped—that the fading of the institution’s flock can only truly
be addressed by reversing some of the fading norms driving the flock from the fold.

One example, failed Virginia Republican gubernatorial candidate Ken Cuccinelli saying about gay rights,
“I cannot support something that I believe brings nothing but self-destruction, not only physically but
of their soul."
  Versus Pope Francis saying,
“If someone is gay and seeks the Lord with good will, who am I to judge?"


The Pope’s words offer some wisdom for the sagging and outdated GOP.  Now Pope Francis has gone
a step further, expressing compassion for gay families as well as families of divorce, both of which are
perennial Republican targets in their puritanical and antiquated push for conservative morality.

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The more you tell everyone that you don't care only proves that you do care.