contributor father edward beck. good to see you tonight. the vatican, they are not going to take it all on the pope s remark. when you hear gay lobby what might he be referring to? brook, of course, we have to assume that there are gay men, gay priests. 10% of the population is supposedly gay so probably 10% of those are gay. gay lobby i think is a confusing term. we use lobby to mean someone putting forth a certain agenda lobbying for a cause. gay lobby would mean lobbying for gay causes. if that s the case, they should be fired because they are doing a poor job of it with regard to the catholic church. probably a better word for it is gay clique. the concern is this.
brook, of course, we have to assume that there are gay men, gay priests. 10% of the population is supposedly gay so probably 10% of those are gay. gay lobby i think is a confusing term. we use lobby to mean someone putting forth a certain agenda lobbying for a cause. gay lobby would mean lobbying for gay causes. if that s the case, they should be fired because they are doing a poor job of it with regard to the catholic church. probably a better word for it is gay clique. the concern is this. if there is, in fact, a gay group, it makes them perhaps more vulnerable, some have said for blackmail. this got released in that dossier and they were supposed to make a report back to pope benedict. they did.
after reports that his predecessor may have been forced out by a gay group implicated in a leak scandal. out front tonight cnn contributor father beck. the vatican, they are not going to take it all on the pope s remark. when you hear gay lobby what might he be referring to? brook, of course, we have to assume that there are gay men, gay priests. 10% of the population is supposedly gay so probably 10% of those are gay. gay lobby i think is a confusing term. we use lobby to mean someone putting forth a certain agenda lobbying for a cause. gay lobby would mean lobbying for gay causes then they should be fired because they are doing a poor job of it with regard to