Saturday, May 14, 2005
Spanish Prime Minister defends gay marriage
In the on-going saga of the Catholic Church vs. the Spanish Government, Prime Minister Jose Luis Rodriguez Zapatero, strongly defended his country's gay marriage legislation, reports Reuters.
Zapatero told the Spanish Parliament, "I will never understand those who proclaim love as the foundation of life, while denying so radically protection, understanding and affection to our neighbors, our friends, our relatives, our colleagues. What kind of love is this that excludes those who experience their sexuality in a different way?" he said.
The Catholic Church appear to be acting in an ever more radical manner. Spanish newspaper El Mundo, quoting sources at the Bishops' Conference, reported on 10th May that the Church would like to see King Juan Carlos demonstrate opposition to the law by abdicating temporarily to avoid having to sign it!
Zapatero told the Spanish Parliament, "I will never understand those who proclaim love as the foundation of life, while denying so radically protection, understanding and affection to our neighbors, our friends, our relatives, our colleagues. What kind of love is this that excludes those who experience their sexuality in a different way?" he said.
The Catholic Church appear to be acting in an ever more radical manner. Spanish newspaper El Mundo, quoting sources at the Bishops' Conference, reported on 10th May that the Church would like to see King Juan Carlos demonstrate opposition to the law by abdicating temporarily to avoid having to sign it!
Thursday, May 05, 2005
Catholic Church again.....
Cardinal Alfonso Lopez Trujillo, head of the Vatican's Pontifical Council for the Family has been spouting anti-gay venom again. Reuters reports that he "blasted Spain's law allowing gays to wed as a destruction of the marriage institution and urged Christians around the world to oppose such unions." The new Spanish legislation on gay marriage, includes the rights to adopt, which the Cardinal described as "moral violence" against children and jeopardised their personality and stability.
In an interview with Fides, the news agency of the Vatican's missionary arm, Lopez Trujillo said the Spanish law allowing gay couples to marry had "changed and falsified the very definition of marriage" and was "destroying, bit by bit, the institution of marriage". He also went on to say that gay marriage "destroys the future of children, (and) they suffer moral violence".
In an interview with Fides, the news agency of the Vatican's missionary arm, Lopez Trujillo said the Spanish law allowing gay couples to marry had "changed and falsified the very definition of marriage" and was "destroying, bit by bit, the institution of marriage". He also went on to say that gay marriage "destroys the future of children, (and) they suffer moral violence".
Catholic Church compares gay marriage to Auschwitz
The Catholic Church continues to build hatred against the gay community. In a sickening statement to a Spanish telephone statement, Cardinal Ricard Maria Carles, former archbishop of Barcelona, said, "If you give obedience to the law priority over obedience to your conscience, that leads to Auschwitz". This in the context of obedience to the legalisation of same-sex marriage. This follows the Spanish parliament's ground-breaking moves to legalise gay marriage (including adoption).
The Triangulo foundation, a Spanish gay rights group, said that comparison with the Holocaust was "repugnant" and called on the church to "stop sowing hatred against victims of discrimination and against victims of the Holocaust, among whom there were many homosexuals."
Another gay rights group, Cogam, said it was "incredible that the Catholic hierarchy should reach the point where it makes a link between the parliamentarians who voted for the [gay marriage bill] and Nazism" and attacked an "unacceptable interference by a foreign state in Spanish politics."
The Triangulo foundation, a Spanish gay rights group, said that comparison with the Holocaust was "repugnant" and called on the church to "stop sowing hatred against victims of discrimination and against victims of the Holocaust, among whom there were many homosexuals."
Another gay rights group, Cogam, said it was "incredible that the Catholic hierarchy should reach the point where it makes a link between the parliamentarians who voted for the [gay marriage bill] and Nazism" and attacked an "unacceptable interference by a foreign state in Spanish politics."
