With all the brouhaha about the Pope‘s brief meeting with Kim Davis, another story kinda got lost in the shuffle.  The only person who had a private audience with Pope Francis was a gay man – who brought his partner.  Yayo Grassi, an openly gay Argentine, is a former student of the pontiff.  Back in 1964, Francis taught literature and psychology at a high school in Santa Fe, Argentina.  Grassi was one of his students.  According to Yayo, “Three weeks before the trip, he called me on the phone and said he would love to give me a hug.”  Not only did he hug Grassi, but a photo shows the Pope hugging Grassi’s partner of 19 years, Iwan Bagus.  Yayo shared another anecdote.  In 2010, he read that the then-Cardinal Bergoglio had publicly condemned legalization of same-sex marriage.  Yayo wrote a long letter to the cardinal expressing disappointment.  He got an e-mail back, apologizing for the tone of the comments published (which he said were taken out of context), and adding, “I want you to know that in my work there is absolutely no place for homophobia”.  See?  Not everything is black and white.