Gay marriage evil, abortion terrorism: Vatican

[Eugene]

Source: Reuters

Gay marriage evil, abortion terrorism: Vatican

By Philip Pullella
1 hour, 28 minutes ago

VATICAN CITY (Reuters) - The Vatican's second-highest ranking
doctrinal official on Monday forcefully branded homosexual marriage
an evil and denounced abortion and euthanasia as forms of "terrorism
with a human face."

The attack by Archbishop Angelo Amato, secretary of the Congregation
for the Doctrine of the Faith, was the latest in a string of speeches
made by either Pope Benedict or other Vatican officials as Italy
considers giving more rights to gays.

In an address to chaplains, Amato said newspapers and television
bulletins often seemed like "a perverse film about evil." He denounced
"evils that remain almost invisible" because the media presented them
as "expression of human progress."

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Amato spoke at a time when the Vatican and Italy's powerful Roman
Catholic Church are at loggerheads over plans for a highly controversial
law that would give unmarried heterosexual and homosexual couples some
form of legal recognition.

-snip-

Read more: http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20070423/wl_nm/pope_gays_dc

[trotsky]

1. Wow, how many tens of thousands of innocents are dead in Iraq...

and yet gay marriage is what's wrong?

[katsy]

2. Vatican = sexist, corrupt and ignorant: Katsy

:P

[zonmoy]

5. no it actually is

vatican like all churches = evil.

[katsy]

6. I'll agree with that.

:thumbsup:

[ck4829]

3. What about poverty and Bush's war of choice?

[varkam]

4. If it were up to them, I'm sure we'd all be living back in the dark ages.

:eyes:

[skepticscott]

7. Never forget

that religions, sects and cults of virtually all stripes need to create an "Us vs Them" atmosphere in order to define themselves and to motivate their flock. There must always be enemies and outsiders to be fearful of and to need protection from (said protection being paid for out of the collection plate or whatever other confiscatory mechanism the group has). Not all religious groups do this, but many do, and the Catholic church is definitely one that does (and has for millenia). If it's not pagans and heretics, it's witches and Jews, and if it's not them, it's Muslims and Protestants, and now gays. The hate never ends.

[beam me up scottie]

8. Lying about condoms evil, inciting hatred against gays un-Christ-like: BMUS

Did I forget to mention the thousands of years of enforced misogyny and terrorism against heretics?

Guess what, Pope Ratzi?

Your god can't continue to protect you and your Precious from women, GLBT people and science for much longer.

Your circle is getting smaller and smaller.

But don't let that stop you from oppressing and vilifying us as much as possible while you still can.

It just makes us stronger.

[Commie Pinko Dirtbag]

9. My take on this, before I saw this thread:

http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=view_all&address=389x740389

[moggie]

10. Eppur si muove, muthafucka!

What would you know of "human progress", Mr Inquisition?