BREAKING! SYNOD: Homosexuality is "NOT Sinful"!?

In a fiery Friday night episode of *Rules for Retrogrades*, host Timothy Gordon delivers a blistering critique of the Vatican's Synod on Synodality, centering on a controversial report from Study Group 9 that redefines the moral status of same-sex relationships. Gordon claims the document, authored by Cardinal Mario Grech and Cardinal Jean-Claude Hollerich, frames same-sex attraction not as inherently sinful but as a failure of faith—a theological pivot he calls a 'sinister reframing' designed to normalize homosexual unions under the guise of pastoral discernment. He argues this is part of a decades-long Jesuit-led effort to subvert traditional Catholic teaching, using emotional testimonials and 'newspeak' to obscure clear moral truths. Gordon equates the synod’s approach to a dangerous relativism, comparing it to justifying murder through victim empathy, and warns that the Church risks eternal damnation by abandoning pre-established moral formulas. He calls for a return to a 'real nigga' Pope—someone grounded in orthodoxy and willing to confront heresy head-on. Amid the theological firestorm, Gordon also shares personal updates: his eighth child, born with Down syndrome, and his family’s move from California to Mississippi, which he frames as a spiritual and practical necessity for conservative Catholics. The episode ends with a call to resist cultural drift, reject Eastern Orthodoxy as a refuge, and remain steadfast in Rome despite its flaws.