{"id":647,"date":"2010-11-07T19:46:00","date_gmt":"2010-11-07T19:46:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.patheos.com\/blogs\/theatheistrabbi\/2010\/11\/pope-preaches-more-immorality.html"},"modified":"2010-11-07T19:46:00","modified_gmt":"2010-11-07T19:46:00","slug":"pope-preaches-more-immorality","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.patheos.com\/blogs\/theatheistrabbi\/2010\/11\/pope-preaches-more-immorality.html","title":{"rendered":"Pope Preaches More Immorality"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<\/head>

Pope Ratzi\u2019s in Spain where two hundred gays and lesbians greeted his arrival with a \u201ckiss-in.\u201d\u00a0 Spain has recognized gay marriage, liberalized divorce laws and allowed for abortions in the first trimester.<\/p>\n

The Associated Press reports<\/a>:<\/p>\n

Pope Benedict XVI strongly defended traditional families and the rights of the unborn Sunday, directly attacking Spanish laws that allow gay marriage, fast-track divorce and easier abortions\u2026.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

This description of how the pope \u201cdefended traditional families,\u201d as if gays and lesbians were out in the streets murderously threatening the stability of happy families, is ludicrous.\u00a0 If anybody\u2019s families need defending, it\u2019s those of gays and lesbians\u00a0from the mediaeval immorality of the Catholic church.\u00a0 Their families are under constant attack by the primitive forces of religious backwardness.<\/p>\n

Not too long ago Darth Benedict was, bizarrely and contrary to all historical fact, blaming atheists for Nazism.\u00a0 Today he wildly misrepresented events in 1930s Spain:<\/p>\n

As he arrived Saturday, Benedict blasted [Spain\u2019s liberal] policies, saying today\u2019s \u201caggressive\u201d anti-church, secular movement in Spain was reminiscent of the 1930s, when the church suffered violent persecution as the country lurched from an unstable democracy to civil war.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

It will be recalled that the Vatican backed the fascists and Francisco Franco during the Spanish Civil War.\u00a0 Franco won that war largely due to backing from the Nazis. \u00a0I guess the pope didn\u2019t learn about that while he was in the Hitler Youth.<\/p>\n<\/body><\/html>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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