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Pope Backs 'Conscientious Objection' to Gay Marriage

Individuals have the right to refuse performing tasks that violate their consciences, Pope Francis said Monday, in apparent support of a U.S. county clerk who was jailed for withholding marriage licenses from homosexual couples. "I can say that conscientious objection is a right and it is part of every human right. It is a right. And if a person does not allow others to be a conscientious objector, he denies a right," Francis said on a return flight to Rome after a 10-day trip...

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