it’s just some colloquial bullshit created by the common misunderstanding of the phrase “exception that proves the rule”.
that phrase actually is supposed to refer to a rule that isn’t written explicitly but rather must be inferred by some statement in the negative. for example, a sign that says “no skateboarding on weekdays” means you can skateboard here on the weekends, a rule which we can understand even though we only are given the exception to it
I have no problem with the catholic church standing on the right side of history. those kinds of American Christians already think they’re superior to the pope, so what is the difference?