Pope says gay marriage a threat to peace

kael03 · 12-16-2012, 02:28 PM

http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2012/1...ide=more207214

Really? Gay marriage is a threat to peace? Silly me, I thought it was zealous nut-jobs with access to a lot of weapons.

OG · 12-16-2012, 03:07 PM

without reading the article, i do believe gay marriage can create more conflicts yes, mainly because of super religious people, the pope of course being one of them. lol

im not one of those people though.

kael03 · 12-16-2012, 03:17 PM

His primary reasoning, outside of "lolbible", is that "it goes against nature"/"it's unnatural". The same bullshit that all religious bigots claim when they are against homosexuality in general. Completely ignoring that homosexuality is prevalent in hundreds, if not thousands, of other species that primarily work on base instincts.

***Demi-God*** · 12-16-2012, 03:22 PM

Lulz, man in a dress and fancy hat doesn't like gay people.

Numinous · 12-16-2012, 03:32 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Benedict XVI

‘There is also a need to acknowledge and promote the natural structure of marriage as the union of a man and a woman in the face of attempts to make it juridically equivalent to radically different types of union.´

(...)

‘Such attempts actually harm and help to destabilize marriage, obscuring its specific nature and its indispensable role in society.’

Right, because Jacob clearly wasn't married to two women that happened to be his cousins or David to multiple women and concubines and many other examples. Kind of sad that a Pope doesn't know his own Bible all that well.

Quote:

Originally Posted by Benedict XVI

These principles are not truths of faith, nor are they simply a corollary of the right to religious freedom.

"They are inscribed in human nature itself, accessible to reason and thus common to all humanity.

"The Church's efforts to promote them are not therefore confessional in character, but addressed to all people, whatever their religious affiliation.

"Efforts of this kind are all the more necessary the more these principles are denied or misunderstood, since this constitutes an offense against the truth of the human person, with serious harm to justice and peace".

Yes, because all humanity is heteronormative by nature, including the Sparta, feudal Japan and various tribes in Africa and Oceania, amirite?

While I think the role of Pope is laughable considering what I understand of the fundamental Christian faith, at least John Paul II did a good job on his run to make Christianity keep up with the times. Benedict XVI takes a step forward but two steps back at every occasion.

@ Kael and OG: Well, it'd be improbable of a Pope to decree zealotry the true source of religious conflict, don't you think? Just blame the gays for wanting to be treated like everybody else.

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Lulz, man in a dress and fancy hat doesn't like gay people.

Who, by turn, has a counsel of men in dresses and fancy hats, has a military force wearing flamboyantly colored outfits and fancy hats and mandates what men in dresses over the Catholic world have to abide.

**Mal** · 12-16-2012, 06:01 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by kael03

His primary reasoning, outside of "lolbible", is that "it goes against nature"/"it's unnatural". The same bullshit that all religious bigots claim when they are against homosexuality in general. Completely ignoring that homosexuality is prevalent in hundreds, if not thousands, of other species that primarily work on base instincts.

Maybe someone should explain to him that his Pope-mobile is unnatural, not to mention every single other manufactured good in the world.

ACt · 12-16-2012, 06:04 PM

He's got a serious point here folks. Have you seen the videos of women fighting over wedding dresses during those mass sales? Think of the carnage if you add gay men to the mix. Those fellas take good care of their bodies, honed into efficient and potentially deadly deal grabbers.

How many people must die before we see this danger?

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kael03 Aspiring Physicist Join Date: May 2010 Age: 27 Posts: 4,607 Thanks: 4,863 Thanked 8,547 Times in 3,789 Posts	Pope says gay marriage a threat to peace http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2012/1...ide=more207214 Really? Gay marriage is a threat to peace? Silly me, I thought it was zealous nut-jobs with access to a lot of weapons.

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OG [잊지 말아요] Join Date: Aug 2005 Age: 25 Posts: 7,624 Thanks: 2,234 Thanked 4,188 Times in 1,817 Posts	Re: Pope says gay marriage a threat to peace without reading the article, i do believe gay marriage can create more conflicts yes, mainly because of super religious people, the pope of course being one of them. lol im not one of those people though. __________________

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kael03 Aspiring Physicist Join Date: May 2010 Age: 27 Posts: 4,607 Thanks: 4,863 Thanked 8,547 Times in 3,789 Posts	Re: Pope says gay marriage a threat to peace His primary reasoning, outside of "lolbible", is that "it goes against nature"/"it's unnatural". The same bullshit that all religious bigots claim when they are against homosexuality in general. Completely ignoring that homosexuality is prevalent in hundreds, if not thousands, of other species that primarily work on base instincts.

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*Demi-God* BEST Join Date: Feb 2005 Posts: 5,263 Thanks: 2,813 Thanked 6,862 Times in 2,437 Posts	Re: Pope says gay marriage a threat to peace Lulz, man in a dress and fancy hat doesn't like gay people.

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ACt Heart Wizard Join Date: May 2009 Location: The Halls of Irreverence Posts: 3,264 Thanks: 5,327 Thanked 18,711 Times in 4,855 Posts	Re: Pope says gay marriage a threat to peace He's got a serious point here folks. Have you seen the videos of women fighting over wedding dresses during those mass sales? Think of the carnage if you add gay men to the mix. Those fellas take good care of their bodies, honed into efficient and potentially deadly deal grabbers. How many people must die before we see this danger? __________________ It's amazing to me that, unlike in the real world, people on the internet will wear "everyone thinks I'm a moron" as a badge of honour.

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