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    Jeet Heer‏Verified account @HeerJeet 18 Feb 2016

    Jeet Heer Retweeted The Wall Street Journal

    This is much bigger than the Trump fracas. But I assume Vatican will try to walk-back these comments.https://twitter.com/WSJ/status/700365955604598788 …

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    Breaking: Pope Francis says contraception can be justified in regions hit by Zika virus http://on.wsj.com/1XzZmG5 
    9:50 AM - 18 Feb 2016
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      2. Dr. Jens Foell‏ @fMRI_guy 18 Feb 2016
        Replying to @HeerJeet

        @HeerJeet His phrasing was something like "might be lesser of two evils" - so contraception is still demonized. Revolutionary this is not.

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      3. BLM‏ @RobSample 18 Feb 2016
        Replying to @fMRI_guy

        Revolutionary @fMRI_guy? Maybe not, but has any pope approved it under any circumstances? @HeerJeet

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      1. billiecat‏ @billiecat 18 Feb 2016
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        @HeerJeet they will point to Benedict's statements on condoms and AIDS and say this is the same thing.

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      2. Brad DeLong  🖖‏ @delong 18 Feb 2016
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        .@HeerJeet (1) Come on. We all know that in 500 yrs, or 50 yrs, or 5 yrs… or 5 mos, 5 wks, or 5 days… some Pope is going to admit that Paul

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      3. Brad DeLong  🖖‏ @delong 18 Feb 2016
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        .@HeerJeet (2) VI is going to admit that _Humanae Vitae_ got it wrong. And all Catholic prelates who are not atheists have to consider what

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      1. Mitchell Stein‏ @mhstein 18 Feb 2016
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        @HeerJeet Maybe they don't walk it back. Fundamental change takes a precipitating event, maybe this is it.

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      1. Steve M.‏ @nomoremister 18 Feb 2016
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        Or Francis will soon suffer a mysterious fatal "accident." @HeerJeet

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      2. Brad DeLong  🖖‏ @delong 18 Feb 2016
        Replying to @trekonomics

        .@trekonomics @HeerJeet as Donald Trump just said, “no one should have the right to question another man’s religion or faith…”

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      3. nanute/tony daniel‏ @nanute 18 Feb 2016
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        @delong @trekonomics @HeerJeet except Donald Trump when discussing Ted Cruz

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      1. 忍者の神 Marxist-Yeagerist ⌬‏ @delmoi 18 Feb 2016
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        @HeerJeet Doesn't really make any sense. They want babies with other birth defects to be born, why is Zika any different?

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