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Image copyright Getty Images Image caption Springsteen and his band were set to perform in Greensboro on Sunday Bruce Springsteen has cancelled a concert in North Carolina, joining business groups in condemning a state law that rolls back protection for gay and transgender people. The law invalidated several local anti-discrimination measures that protected gay and transgender people.  It also requires people to use public toilets that correspond to the sex listed on their birth certificates.  Major companies like Apple and Bank of America have criticised the law.  "Some things are more important than a rock show and this fight against prejudice and bigotry — which is happening as I write — is one of them," Springsteen   said in a statement . "It is the strongest means I have for raising my voice in opposition to those who continue to push us backwards instead of forwards."  Springsteen and his band were scheduled to perform in Greensboro on Sunday....

The Pope’s own words about infertility and erotic love undermine his argument against same-sex marriage. By  William Saletan “Amoris Laetitia” is full of double standards. Pope Francis in St. Peter’s Square, the Vatican, April 6. Tiziana Fabi/Getty Images If you’re gay, the Vatican has bad news. “ Amoris Laetitia ,” an “apostolic exhortation” published on Friday, says no same-sex union can be a marriage. That’s because, as the document explains, “No union that is temporary or closed to the transmission of life can ensure the future of society.” But if you’re straight and infertile, the rule about transmitting life doesn’t apply. Your marriage is just as valid as anyone else’s, according to the document, since “procreation and adoption are not the only ways of experiencing the fruitfulness of love.” This double standard, between  homosexuality and other forms of infertility , is the cracked pillar at the foundation of the church’s policy against same-sex unions. I...