Tuesday, December 21, 2004

The Pope May, In Fact, Hate You

Electablog says it best, so I'll just quote from his site:
Over the weekend, the Pope announced that the move towards legalizing gay marriage is an attack on society:
Attacks on marriage and the family, from an ideological and legal aspect, are becoming stronger and more radical every day. Who destroys this fundamental fabric causes a profound injury to society and provokes often irreparable damage.
He's right on the message. He's just wrong on the topic. It's actually enabling and allowing a pandemic of child molestation and then looking the other way when victims emerge and then bumping those involved up to new and more powerful positions in the Vatican that causes profound injury. So does pretending that the fabric of families is made up of anything more important than love and acceptance.
Thanks, Electablog.

1 comment:

Anonymous said...

Kittycat, would you then be in favor of removing all federal & state rights and privileges of marriage from heterosexual married couples as well? Because, in your own words, it wouldn't make much difference.

I'm sure straight couples would be pleased to lose the right to their partner's personal effects upon their death. I'm sure they'd love the loss of their partner's pension. And unemployment benefits, too. And the ability to deduct their partner's medical expenses. And the right to file taxes jointly. And the right to visit their partner in the hospital. And the right to make health care decisions for their partner. And the right to sue for wrongful death. And the loss of paternity for partner's children. And the right to jointly owned property. And over a hundred more rights and privileges that come with marriage.

Rights like these don't make much difference, do they?

*sheesh* (slaps forehead)