Liberals disappointed by pope’s meeting with receptionist who denied gay marriage licenses should note the theme of devout freedom throughout his US visitThe pope’s hitherto clandestine meeting with Kim Davis,the current heroine of conservative Christianity in the US, has approach as a surprise – and a blow – to those who would claim Francis as a standard-bearer of liberalism.
But the 15-minute meeting between the leader of the world’s Catholics and the county receptionist from Kentucky who went to jail rather than add her official signature to same-sex marriage licences was entirely in keeping with one of the key themes of the pontiff’s six-day US tour: devout freedom.
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Source: theguardian.com