Controversy Strikes Over Pope Francis' Visit with Kim Davis

Kim Davis, the despicable Kentucky county clerk who denies marriage licenses to same-sex couples remains in the headlines. To the surprise of many, Pope Francis, the first pope to openly show support towards the marriage of same-sex couples met with Davis during his visit to the United States. According to Davis' lawyer who was allegedly present at the time of the meeting, the pope gave Davis rosaries and told her to "stay strong." This leads us to wonder if the pope, whom many advocates of LGBT+ rights and Catholics of the LGBT+ community have been in favor of, is putting on an act. Does he really support this community? What would his motive be to lie about this issue that is important to so many people across the globe. Vatican spokesman Father Federico Lombardi expresses that he "cannot deny that the meeting took place, but I have no comments to add." The situation at hand would be less controversial if the pope and his staff would have come out about this meeting sooner, or perhaps never put on a façade of support towards this issue and community in the first place. This may not be the case, although this is how it looks right now. Clarification regarding this meeting will hopefully be released soon, but until then its difficult to show any loyalty toward this pope, for associating with someone like Davis, someone with so much disregard for an entire community of people's rights. Is Pope Francis a hypocrite? We'll hopefully find out in the near future when more information on this meeting, which for now appears to be despicable.

Pope Francis (Left), Kim Davis (Right)
Times Article - http://www.nytimes.com/2015/09/30/us/county-clerk-kim-davis-who-denied-gay-couples-visited-pope.html?emc=eta1&_r=0

NPR Article - http://www.npr.org/sections/thetwo-way/2015/09/30/444671535/kim-davis-and-pope-francis-reportedly-had-a-private-meeting-in-dc