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Pope Benedict said Monday that gay marriage was one of several threats to the traditional family that undermined "the future of humanity itself."

The pope made some of his strongest comments against gay marriage in a new year address to the diplomatic corps accredited to the Vatican in which he touched on some economic and social issues facing the world today.

He told diplomats from nearly 180 countries that the education of children needed proper "settings" and that "pride of place goes to the family, based on the marriage of a man and a woman."

"This is not a simple social convention, but rather the fundamental cell of every society. Consequently, policies which undermine the family threaten human dignity and the future of humanity itself," he said.

The Vatican and Catholic officials around the world have protested against moves to legalize gay marriage in Europe and other developed parts of the world.

One leading opponent of gay marriage in the United States is New York Archbishop Timothy Dolan, whom the pope will elevate to cardinal next month.

Dolan fought against gay marriage before it became legal in New York state last June, and in September he sent a letter to President Barack Obama criticizing his administration's decision not to support a federal ban on gay marriage.

In that letter Dolan, who holds the powerful post of president of the U.S. Bishops Conference, said such a policy could "precipitate a national conflict between church and state of enormous proportions."

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Get a life, UNH.

The Pope may have a point. If the last straight people died off and the world were populated only by gays, humanity would be fucked -- absent an artificial insemination program of truly Huxleyite proportions. Brave New World, that!

Ivytalk wrote:The Pope may have a point. If the last straight people died off and the world were populated only by gays, humanity would be fucked -- absent an artificial insemination program of truly Huxleyite proportions. Brave New World, that!

Or the gay people that were left would realize they would have to take one for the team and procreate with someone of the other gender.

Vidav wrote:

Ivytalk wrote:The Pope may have a point. If the last straight people died off and the world were populated only by gays, humanity would be **** -- absent an artificial insemination program of truly Huxleyite proportions. Brave New World, that!

Or the gay people that were left would realize they would have to take one for the team and procreate with someone of the other gender.

Interesting comment, Russian, considering that your people's population -- straight and otherwise --is imploding. Take one for the team, Comrade!

Ivytalk wrote:

Vidav wrote:
Or the gay people that were left would realize they would have to take one for the team and procreate with someone of the other gender.

Interesting comment, Russian, considering that your people's population -- straight and otherwise --is imploding. Take one for the team, Comrade!

I would but I have been fixed.

Vidav wrote:

Ivytalk wrote:
Interesting comment, Russian, considering that your people's population -- straight and otherwise --is imploding. Take one for the team, Comrade!

I would but I have been fixed.

Nyet way!

We are seriously overpopulating. Down with breeders. Let's get to a sustainable number of people on this rock. Two children per couple. Gays can adopt, thus reducing the orphan roles.

And tax the living piss outta people having more than two kids. Set up a disincentive to overpopulate. China has it right.

Cap'n Cat wrote:And tax the living piss outta people having more than two kids. Set up a disincentive to overpopulate. China has it right.

And reward those of us who have zero kids with huge tax breaks.

The Pope......LOL.

Biggest defender of pedophiles EVER! Everything he says means NOTHING.

To be honest, I think it's important to have respect for the Pope. You don't have to agree with his opinion, but by all accounts, he is a genuine man of honor and virtue.

∞∞∞ wrote:To be honest, I think it's important to have respect for the Pope. You don't have to agree with his opinion, but by all accounts, he is a genuine man of honor and virtue.

Vidav wrote:

∞∞∞ wrote:To be honest, I think it's important to have respect for the Pope. You don't have to agree with his opinion, but by all accounts, he is a genuine man of honor and virtue.

Take the title off and he's simply an old man whom based his whole life on good (Christian) values. IMO, that's extremely respectable. We respect other elders who have done good in life, so I don't see why the Pope should be any different. In the end, he's a human like the rest of us.

∞∞∞ wrote:To be honest, I think it's important to have respect for the Pope. You don't have to agree with his opinion, but by all accounts, he is a genuine man of honor and virtue.

Well put, Trips!

Ivytalk wrote:

∞∞∞ wrote:To be honest, I think it's important to have respect for the Pope. You don't have to agree with his opinion, but by all accounts, he is a genuine man of honor and virtue.

Well put, Trips!

The guy's another delusional old fvck choking in a fog of myrrh, listening to ghosts. His followers are doubly stupid for buying it.

Cap'n Cat wrote:

Ivytalk wrote:

Well put, Trips!

The guy's another delusional old fvck choking in a fog of myrrh, listening to ghosts. His followers are doubly stupid for buying it.

More sinister than that, he knows religion as a whole and especially his is a scam. This is is gig, this is how he makes his way in the world. It's a job.

Ivytalk wrote:

∞∞∞ wrote:To be honest, I think it's important to have respect for the Pope. You don't have to agree with his opinion, but by all accounts, he is a genuine man of honor and virtue.

Well put, Trips!

He is a major figure in the child sexual abuse cover up. He's a criminal. Anyone else would be in jail.