{"id":20792,"date":"2018-08-10T12:35:45","date_gmt":"2018-08-10T12:35:45","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/proudparenting.com\/?p=20792"},"modified":"2019-03-10T17:31:46","modified_gmt":"2019-03-10T17:31:46","slug":"irelands-prime-minister-will-challenge-pope-on-same-sex-parents","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/proudparenting.com\/2018\/08\/irelands-prime-minister-will-challenge-pope-on-same-sex-parents\/","title":{"rendered":"Ireland&#8217;s Prime Minister will challenge Pope on same-sex parents"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"outstream_div\"><script type=\"text\/javascript\"><br \/>\n\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0apntag.anq.push(function() {<br \/>\n\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\/\/signal to script that this DOM element has been loaded and is ready to be populated with an ad<br \/>\n\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0apntag.showTag('outstream_div');<br \/>\n\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0});<br \/>\n<\/script><\/div>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/proudparenting.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/08\/leo_vadadkar81018.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"600\" height=\"325\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-20793\" srcset=\"https:\/\/proudparenting.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/08\/leo_vadadkar81018.jpg 600w, https:\/\/proudparenting.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/08\/leo_vadadkar81018-300x163.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 600px) 100vw, 600px\" \/><br \/>\nThe prime minister of Ireland has vowed to press Pope Francis on accepting same-sex parents. Leo Varadkar (pictured), who is gay, is scheduled to meet in Dublin with the head of the Catholic Church before its World Meeting of Families. Varadkar aims to inform Pope Francis that it is &#8220;our view as a society and as a government that families come in all sorts of different forms and that includes families led by same-sex parents.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>via <a href=\"http:\/\/www.catholicherald.co.uk\/news\/2018\/08\/06\/varadkar-ill-push-pope-on-accepting-same-sex-families\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Catholic Herald<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Historically, Pope Francis has expressed remarks that have been encouraging to LGBTQ activists. Notably, he said &#8220;Who am I to judge?&#8221; in July 2013, in response to a question regarding the existence of gay priests. 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