denied minorities their rights. and the cardinal ended up losing that fight. she won that fight. and argentinians got same-sex marriage rights. and the following year, president christina fernandez dekirchner got reelected. since that fight over gay marriage, the relationship between the president of argentina and the cardinal have been described not just as a bad relationship but an awful relationship and you can see why. and now he's pope. when an opportunity for a political fight on this issue presented itself, cardinal bergoglio inserted himself into that fight trying to make the biggest impact possible. he got brushed back by the president who both won the fight and won it so decisively that it led to criticism in his country of the church being both divisively political and influencing public policy. worst of all worlds. the cardinal stuck his neck out on this one. gave quotes to the press, in his