Pope condemns Portugal on plans to pass gay marriage law
The Pope made his views clear on gay marriage and abortion when he vistied Portugal recently.
Pope Benedict XVI [Thursday] condemned gay marriage and abortion as “among the most insidious and dangerous challenges” to society.
Speaking on a visit to Portugal, which is preparing to legalise same-sex partnerships, the Pontiff also criticised Catholics who are ashamed of their faith and too willing to “lend a hand to secularism.”
The gay marriage legislation was recently passed by the Portuguese parliament and is due to be signed into law next week by President Anibal Cavaco Silva, a conservative Catholic. Ninety per cent of Portuguese define themselves as Catholic but Portuguese society is increasingly secular, with well under a third saying they attend mass regularly.
The Pope was speaking after a packed open air mass at the Marian shrine at Fatima, the Portuguese Lourdes, 120 kilometres north of Lisbon. The mass was attended by half a million people.
http://www.timesonline.co.uk/tol/comment/faith/article7125345.ece
The British Humanist Association is “pro-choice” on abortion and campaigns for full equality of marriage law in the UK and is a founding member of the Protest the Pope campaign which is organising events this year to protest the state visit.
marriage is great specially if you have found a very special someone that is beautiful both on the inside and outside.`~”
I wonder …is Pope Benedict gay? He is just so virulently homophobic. He claims homosexuality is unnatural, but it has been documented in hundreds of animal species, and the animal world is full of examples of same-sex animals setting up homes together. Homosexuality is a normal variation on life. But what does he think of men who wear skirts, hear voices, and engage in ritual cannibalism? How normal is that?