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Scotland: Catholic Church declares war on gay marriage
The leader of the Roman Catholic Church in Scotland and the most senior Catholic in the UK has declared war on gay marriage pledging to spend another £100,000 in its campaign against equal marriage rights for same-sex couples in Scotland.
Speaking in todays Sunday Times, Cardinal Keith OBrien warned the Scottish Government that it will face an unprecedented backlash from the Catholic Church in Scotland if it goes ahead with plans to legalise same-sex marriage, claiming marriage is under threat and politicians need to know the Catholic Church will bear any burden and meet any cost in its defence.
The Catholic Church says it will spend an additional £100,000 on an advertising campaign against the plans, on top of the £50,000 it has already spent against marriage equality in Scotland.
The Equality Network, the LGBT equality charity that campaigns for equal marriage, slammed the move as aggressive, undemocratic and unchristian and urged the Scottish Government to stand up for equality rather than give in to threats.
http://www.pinknews.co.uk/2012/07/08/scotland-catholic-church-declares-war-on-gay-marriage/
Swede Atlanta
(3,596 posts)let's see....the victims of pedophile priests that have abused children over the years. Let's see, the poor and sick. Let's see, those without clean drinking water and food.
I don't get why religious people are so fixated with what people do with the sex organs. There must be some kind of mental disease, phobia or condition that describes this.
Human beings are sexual beings. Given how little other pleasure some people are given, physical pleasure is a god send. If God had not wanted you to enjoy this wouldn't he have put in a poison pill? Like if you rub your unit in the presence of another male, your penis falls off? Or if you get off with your girlfriend, you dry up and contract? I would think God would have considered these possibilities if she was really all that worried about sex.