Vatican opposes de-criminalising same sex unions -Times Online: “The Vatican has said it opposes a European Union proposal for a United Nations declaration formally condemning discrimination against homosexuals, which it claims would ‘de-criminalise’ same sex unions.
Monsignor Celestino Migliore, the Holy See’s permanent observer at the UN, said the Catechism of the Roman Catholic Church forbade ‘unjust discrimination’ against homosexuals. However outlawing discrimination by means of a UN declaration meant that states which did not recognise same sex marriages would come under pressure to do so.
All countries of the European Union have signed a draft declaration drawn up by France, which currently holds the rotating EU Presidency, condemning “discrimination based on sexual orientation and gender identity”. France is due to submit the draft declaration at the UN General Assembly on 10 December, the sixtieth anniversary of the UN declaration of human rights.
Over 80 countries in the world currently outlaw same-sex relations, with punishments range from short prison sentences to life imprisonment and even death by execution.”
Let me see if I get this right: 80 countries discriminate unjustly against their citizens on the basis of their sexual orientation alone. The EU wants to stop this, at least verbally. The Vatican, on the other hand, opposes this resolution, basically because it thinks it would put pressure on some of the discriminators.
The point is that the proposed resolution does not endorse same-sex marriage in any way. So the Vatican does not want the UN to condemn states who harass, imprison, torture and kill homosexual, because it thinks doing so would put undue pressure on states who do not recognize gay marriage, including those states, such as Italy, who signed the declaration?
Are you fucking kidding me? Can there be an organization which is more abject, twisted and morally disgusting than the Catholic Church?
Well, I guess one could reply that any church or any form of organized religion is similarly despicable, and one would have a point, I’m afraid.
For those who do not speak Italian, the title is a bad pun on the name of Monsignor Migliore. “Migliore” is Italian for “better”.
i wonder how the fuck is this even remotely related to Apache and why the fuck was this posted in planetapache.org
I couldn’t agree more, there are some things that are better left unsaid and the Catholic church shouldn’t be so vocal about this issue. It’s completely out of their realm to be arguing, debating, or creating a ruckus!
One must understand that people are coming out of their ignorance and starting to accept the truth based on scientific evidence. If two guys of the same sex wants to marry who is anyone to object, be it the church itself.
If anyone ever uses their common sense (which is quite uncommon among the common people) they will realize that there is no sense in banning same sex unions or marriages. People should keep to their own business really.