From Huffington Post: http://www.huffingtonpost.com/wayne-besen/pope-gay-marriage_b_1198008.html
Posted: 1/13/12
When former Focus on the Family leader James Dobson told The Daily Oklahoman in 2004 that "[h]omosexuals ... want to destroy the institution of marriage" and added that "it will destroy marriage" and "destroy the Earth," reasonable people dismissed him as a crank. And, for the record, six states have since legalized marriage equality, and the Earth is still here.
Now we learn that Pope Benedict XVI did his best Dobson imitation when he delivered an address to diplomats representing 180 nations. According to reports, the pontiff said that the marriage was "not a simple social convention, but rather the fundamental cell of every society. Consequently, policies [such as gay couples marrying] which undermine the family threaten human dignity and the future of humanity itself."
Really? Because I just married my same-sex partner in Vermont, a state that allows such unions. South of us is Massachusetts and Connecticut, which both allow gay people to get hitched. To my east is New Hampshire, another state where gay couples get equal treatment under the law. In this cluster of states, marriage equality has had no visible effect on heterosexual people, unless you count the extra money their businesses have made from gay tourists who visited New England to marry. Meanwhile, for the LGBT people who live in the region, there has been an obvious increase in human dignity. Whatever evidence Joseph Ratzinger possesses to back his outrageous claim must be shrouded in more secrecy than a pope-picking conclave.
As for the claim that the future of humanity is in jeopardy, it seems to be a figment of the pope's vivid imagination. Life in New England has not changed one iota since marriage equality was established, and anyone who says otherwise is either a liar or a lunatic. Which camp is the pope in?
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