Shouldn't a basic understanding of the Bible be required to become Cardinal?

If so, you'd never know it after reading what Cardinal Francis George of the Archdiocese of Chicago has to say about the history of marriage (from both a scientific and a biblical perspective) in an anti-gay statement of support he's issued for Chick-fil-A.

Following weeks of international backlash, Chicago's Cardinal Francis George has apologized for comparing the LGBT community to the Ku Klux Klan.