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Showing Original Post only (View all)Vatican Declares Gay Marriage Holy War, Forms Worldwide Religions Coalition [View all]
A top Vatican representative and Roman Catholic Archbishop is reaching out to form a coalition with other religions and has called on them to join the Vatican in a worldwide holy war against same-sex marriage, claiming that proliferation of equality is not a good thing for society, and will lead to confusion.
I wonder if we shouldnt ask for and look for more support among other Christian confessions and indeed, persons of other faiths, Archbishop Antonio Mennini, who represents Pope Benedict XVI and the Vatican in Great Britain, said in an address to Catholic bishops from England and Wales.
It seems to me that, concerning the institution of marriage, and indeed the sanctity of human life, we have much in common with the position of the Jewish community, the Chief Rabbi and many of the more significant representatives of Islam, Mennini added.
Mennini, 64, was appointed by Pope Benedict XVI to Great Britain 2010, and also served the Pope in Russia, Uzbekistan, and Bulgaria. He speaks Italian, English, French, Spanish, German, Bulgarian, and Russian. (The image above shows Archbishop Mennini with Valdimir Putin in 2003.) .................(more)
The complete piece is at: http://thenewcivilrightsmovement.com/vatican-declares-gay-marriage-holy-war-forms-worldwide-religions-coalition/politics/2012/04/30/38744
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marmar
May 2012
OP
These People, Sir, Are Not Worth The Oil It Will Take To Fry Them In Hell
The Magistrate
May 2012
#3
It Is A Paraphrase Of Mr. Mencken, Sir: I Cannot Claim Originality With It
The Magistrate
May 2012
#20
Weird when you consider that most of the children they raped were of the same sex...
truebrit71
May 2012
#5
Nothing has changed here - they have always been acting like that. Ignore them - many of their
jwirr
May 2012
#8
This filthy organization is just angry that they can no longer use violence
Dawson Leery
May 2012
#19
The Pope is a Costume character at a tourist attaction called the Vatican...
Bluenorthwest
May 2012
#21
So, they claim to be at war with people they hate and cannot control=Hate Group
fascisthunter
May 2012
#23