The Man
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PLEASE DISCUSS THE FOLLOWING TOPIC IN A SENSITIVE, NON-INFLAMMATORY* MANNER
http://www.news.com.au/perthnow/story/0,21598,24840054-948,00.html
SAVING the world from homosexual behaviour is as important as saving the rainforests, the Pope has declared in his annual Christmas message.
Benedict XVI has stressed the importance of traditional marriage and condemned gay acts as against God's will.
He also attacked transsexuals, saying: "It is not man who decides who is a man or woman but God."
Pope Benedict, 82, known as "God's rottweiler" for his hardline views, made the comments in his address to the Vatican's governing body, the Curia.
"The Church must defend not only the earth, the water and the air as gifts of creation belonging to everyone, but it must also protect mankind against the destruction of itself," he said.
"The tropical forests deserve our protection but man as a creature deserves it no less."
In a clear reference to homosexuality, he said the failure to respect the union between a man and a woman amounted to the "auto-destruction of mankind".
"Silence! This hat does not say 'GAY'!"
*Best leave that to Benny.