ROBERT OSCAR LOPEZ: The Latest Attempt to Misconstrue Pope Francis Ends in Embarrassment for Same-Sex Parenting Advocates. “The November 29th statement was obviously a call to solve the ‘problem’ of suffering caused by same-sex parenting. The fact that one month later, the Pope was even more emphatic about preventing gay couples from adopting in Malta, shows that no rational person could take his November 29th statement as an endorsement of same-sex parenting. But the ligbitists [LGBTists] in the media tried their best anyway.”