After show pony lawyer Mat Staver of Liberty Counsel began crowing that his client Kim Davis had a private audience with Pope Francis, skepticism ensued. The Southern Poverty Law Center now lists Staver's firm as a hate group. Davis is the Rowan County clerk who refuses to acknowledge the U.S. Supreme Court ruling allowing for same sex marriage. Her supporters say that the media is needlessly bashing her by prolonging the story. Every day brings a new chapter. Davis told ABC News “Just knowing the pope is on track with what we’re doing and agreeing, you know, kind of validates everything.” But there was no agreement or validation. An official Vatican statement clarified that Davis was one of dozens invited by the Vatican
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Meanwhile, the coolest pope ever knows how to cut a rug. Good news for ostracized gay folk, Pope Francis is playing Red Light/Green Light with a lot more green lately.
Is the Pope’s wisdom trickling down in American politics?
Conservatives and Liberals debate who creates more obstacles for America's impoverished people. (via ABCnews.com)
Sarah dipity
Promoting her latest book with the help of the media, Sarah Palin was asked for her impression of Pope Francis. Without having read Pope Francis' perspective on various issues, Palin blamed the media for distortion of the Pope's "Liberal" messages. After being roundly mocked as illustrated above, Palin used social media to apologize. In a wholly different uproar, MSNBC's Martin Bashir apologized to Sarah Palin after he vulgarly lambasted her comparison of the national debt with slavery. No word on whether the apology was accepted. From Mediaite, here are seven other instances where media outlets or performers have apologized to Sarah Palin after making crude comments about her on the air. A few days later on Fox News, Sarah Palin responded to Bashir's apology.