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[Tiassa]

Gays lack 'social value,' Vatican dictionary says (Arizona Republic)

VATICAN CITY - A new Vatican dictionary describing homosexuality as a condition "without any social value" was denounced by an Italian gay rights leader as insulting and cruel.

The Vatican published the 1,000-page Lexicon of words like "reproductive rights," "gender" and other terms dealing with sexuality in an effort to clarify what it says are neutral-sounding terms that can mask meanings contradictory to Roman Catholic teachings.

The Lexicon reflects Vatican teaching that homosexual acts are "intrinsically disordered," and Pope John Paul II has said such acts are "contrary to natural law."

Brief editorial comment:

So ... let me get this straight:

- Consenting adults in homosexual contact represent a condition without any social value, but ...
- (and you know this one's coming ...) ... Homosexual child rape deserves church protection.

(And you know this one's coming, too ....)

This is the kind of absurdity I expect from a bunch of celibate men with nothing better to do.

:m:,
Tiassa

 

[Raithere]

Originally posted by tiassa
VATICAN CITY - A new Vatican dictionary describing homosexuality as a condition "without any social value"

LOL
As opposed to whom, cloistered monks and nuns?

Right

~Raithere