Bush is not himself comparing truths, but describing the basis by which various communities form morals to be governed by.
The Pope makes no such prohibition, this is a matter of Canon Law. Making this a feminist cause is silly, and comparing the Pope to the tyrannical leaders who torture...
How do you explain Gen. 49:10, the verse that states that the sceptre of leadership will remain with the tribe of Judah until Shiloh or, as most Christians view it, Jesus comes? Now, here's my problem with that: Jesus is of the tribe of Judah and can't take the sceptre away from his own tribe...