The vatican never protested about him at the time so I don't see there's anything to forgive anyway.
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It was the bible belt southern states of America that burnt the records and even the kkk got in on the act. Ringo said let them burn them, they have to buy them first to do that - one of his more sensible quotes I might add.
Brian Epstein made him say it was wrong at the press conference because they had a U.S. tour coming up. You could tell he hated saying that, he even backtracks that he's saying he was wrong at one point.
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