Met with Kim Davis
Pope Francis met a Kentucky county clerk last week who was jailed for refusing to issue marriage licenses to gay couples, the Vatican said on Wednesday, confirming earlier reports from the United States.
There was early waffling on this, for reasons I can't tell you, but now it's confirmed.
He was doing so well, opposing the ravages of capitalism and supporting climate change, only to ground out supporting this dog and pony show.
Which, of course, seems ripe for comedic exploitation:
Rowan County Clerk Kim Davis and her husband met the pope during the Washington leg of his visit to the United States, she and her lawyer told American media.
I picture a bizarre "Wizard of Oz" scene with Kim as "Dorothy", and Husband Numbers 2 & 4 in his best scarecrow outfit meeting with the The Wizard, played by Pope Francis. I picture her husband being all excited and getting out his leafblower to clean himself up some, maybe put on a fresh straw hat.
I suppose her attorney from Liberty Counsel would be the Tin Man - clearly he needs a heart - and The Huckster, nowhere to be seen, was the Cowardly Lion.
Despite Catholic policy, the Pope doesn't have to be perfect.
I'll just look at the side without the dent.