One of the first official acts of the Ratzinger papacy, as
reported by
the BBC:
The Vatican, under the new leadership of Pope Benedict XVI, has condemned a Spanish government bill allowing marriage between homosexuals.... A senior Vatican official described the bill - which is likely to become law within a few months - as iniquitous. He said Roman Catholic officials should be prepared to lose their jobs rather than co-operate with the law.
The fact that Spain will shortly not only allow gay couples to wed but also to adopt has particularly enraged the pontiff.
Julian Sanchez weighs in over at Reason's Hit
& Run, and also comments on a Texas bill that seeks to ban
gays from becoming foster parents (in the words of Texas state rep.
Robert Talton, "if it was me I would rather [leave] kids in
orphanages as such....At least they have a chance of learning the
proper values"). A statement with which the Vatican would no doubt
concur.
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