Vatican calls for psych tests to weed out gays


	Vatican calls for psych tests to weed out gays

zasel

10-31-2008 12:42 AM

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vatican, catholic, pope, gay, homosexual, pedophilia, discrimination

zasel says:

The Vatican is so deep into denial about their own problems, that once again they have decided to continue slandering gays in order to exonerate themselves of responsibility for their own unnatural beliefs.

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10-31-2008 5:23 AM

debbyski

Popped this twice today Zasel, once for the content and once for your remarks.

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