It has, afterall, decided it will oppose a UN resolution calling for the decriminalisation of homosexuality which is punishable by death in several countries.
Gay rights groups and newspaper editorials on Tuesday condemned the Vatican for its decision to oppose a proposed U.N. resolution calling on governments worldwide to de-criminalise homosexuality.
The row erupted after the Vatican’s permanent observer to the United Nations told a French Catholic news agency the Holy See would oppose the resolution, which France is due to propose later this month on behalf of the 27-member European Union.
Archbishop Celestino Migliore said the Vatican opposed the resolution because it would “add new categories of those protected from discrimination” and could lead to reverse discrimination against traditional heterosexual marriage.
“If adopted, they would create new and implacable discriminations,” Migliore said. “For example, states which do not recognise same-sex unions as ‘matrimony’ will be pilloried and made an object of pressure,” Migliore said.
In my opinion, only one question remains. How immoral does an organisation have to get before it is denied it’s claim to being a moral authority the rest of us should listen to?
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People will probably stop listening to the catholic church once it starts saying sports are a sin.
You might enjoy this: I’m not one of those Christians
Is it any wonder that Benedict continues his persecution? He was a member of the Hitler youth.
hi. i just began reading a lot of the things on these pages and im so pleased and imressed by all of it. thank you.
i dont want to bother you long but wondered if you could take a look at a blog page for me. a few of us, non believers and believers alike are tyring to send a message to someone who is making “anti-gay anthems” with his own kid in a “christian” band. i wondered if you could offer some thoughts on the situation. i try to express myself but i dont feel that i have enough command over the english language like you do…
any thoughts or insight would be greatly appriciated.
the link is as follows…
http://blogs.myspace.com/index.cfm?fuseaction=blog.view&friendID=436019051&blogID=455579117&indicate=1
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