Pope Uses Easter To Attack Gay Families

Pope Uses (Vatican City) In marking the Stations of the Cross during Good Friday observances in Rome Pope Benedict XVI called for the "filth" the surrounds society to be cleansed and said the world is in the grip of "a diabolical pride aimed at eliminating the family".

"Lord, we have lost our sense of sin," he said. "Today a slick campaign of propaganda is spreading an inane apologia of evil, a senseless cult of Satan, a mindless desire for transgression, a dishonest and frivolous freedom, exalting impulsiveness, immorality and selfishness as if they were new heights of sophistication.”

Although the Pontiff did not specifically name same-sex relationships the message was clear, less than a week after Italian voters elected a leftist government committed to recognizing gay and lesbian couples.

In a much publicized event less than two weeks before the election the pope used a meeting with the conservative coalition to launch an attack on the leftists for their support of a domestic partner law.

"Attempts to make [marriage] juridically equivalent to radically different forms of unions which in reality harm it and contribute to its destabilization," the pope declared. (story) 

Papal attacks on same-sex couples are not new. although Friday's was the harshest to date. Benedict's predecessor John Paul II condemned Spain and Canada's moves to legalize gay marriage and Britain's civil partnerships.

Six weeks after he became pope, Benedict made his first public statement on same-sex marriage. (story)

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