Spain Accuses Vatican Of Meddling In Election

[davidinalameda]

http://www.365gay.com/Newscon08/02/020708spavat.htm

The Spanish government is protesting a veiled statement from Roman Catholic bishops that voters should shun the ruling Socialists in elections next month, the Spanish foreign minister says.

The Spanish ambassador to the Holy See, Francisco Vazquez, met Feb. 2 with a Vatican official to express "perplexity and surprise" over the bishops' comments, Foreign Minister Miguel Angel Moratinos said.

The Spanish Bishops Conference had released a statement indicating that voters should not back parties that support gay marriage or other policies contrary to church teaching, nor should they support talks with armed Basque militants - clearly references to the governing Socialists.

Prime Minister Jose Luis Rodriguez Zapatero legalized same-sex marriage, streamlined divorce, and tried in vain to negotiate a peace accord in 2006 with the armed Basque group ETA.

[AX10]

1. The Vatican should STFU!

Perverts! :puke:

[DebJ]

2. The Inquisition must go on. Former Catholic.

[msongs]

3. vatican has meddled in stuff for nearly 2000 years nt

[pingzing58]

4. Under Ratizinger and now Ben XVI the Bishops have become shadow governments controlling their lands

(Diocese) exerting absolute civil, moral and spiritual authority over their vassals as they once did in a medieval feudal system. Such evil unless checked will lead to another Inquisition where torture will be used to make anyone confess to their heresy and be burned at the stake. History repeats itself. Beware, Spanish Bishops, the people remember the suffering of so many at the hands of the Dominican inquisitors, the torture and murder of Jews and Gypsies and the wealth you Bishop's acquired by confiscating the heretics lands, wealth and property all with permission of the Pope, no different than God's Rottweiler, Benedict XVI today.

[Submariner]

5. That Hitler-youth christo-fascist Pope needs to shut his pie hole

After 12 years of nuns I've heard enough religious BS for a lifetime.

[TygrBright]

6. Spain? And the Vatican? The Vatican? And Spain?? Wow, who'd-a thunk it? n/t

[KakistocracyHater]

7. did you see the godtube

article where a pastor was giving how-tos on telling the congregation who to vote for, how to get around pesky laws & even if you do lose your non-profit status you still win by getting your boy elected. http://www.talk2action.org/story/2008/2/5/124941/6226