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2. well they closed down the ghettos finally in the 19th century...

Fri Apr 5, 2019, 06:56 PM

Apr 2019

Oh wait, they didn't. It was the Italian unification forces that liberated Rome from the Vatican that did that.

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Lawyers ask Vatican to denounce criminalization of homosexuality [View all] Eugene Apr 2019 OP

Expecting the RCC to give up 2,000 yrs of intolerance is a bit much Major Nikon Apr 2019 #1

well they closed down the ghettos finally in the 19th century... uriel1972 Apr 2019 #2

But he supports those laws Lordquinton Apr 2019 #3

The RCC draws their lines where they draw their lines. Igel Apr 2019 #4

There's truth in that Lordquinton Apr 2019 #5

OOOH! OOOH! I know! uriel1972 Apr 2019 #6

That's a good one Lordquinton Apr 2019 #8

I do give a rat's ass and more what the Vatican does... uriel1972 Apr 2019 #7

Exactly. trotsky Apr 2019 #9

The group in the OP aren't asking for the RCC to interfere, anyway. Mariana Apr 2019 #13

The article linked in the OP doesn't say Mariana Apr 2019 #11