the Pope is disgusting

At his end-of-year address to senior Vatican staff 'Pope Benedict XVI . . . said that saving humanity from homosexual or transsexual behaviour is just as important as saving the rainforest from destruction.' [BBC] So instead of a message of love and compassion, instead of words of comfort for those without jobs this Christmas due to the economic crisis, instead of a call for peace in the world's many war zones, this despicable man has come out with a message of bigotry and prejudice. Eradicating a huge group of people, or at least forcing them out of sight (people do not choose to be homosexual, 'God' decides for them in the womb), from the planet is as important as saving the forests. With so little evidence in the Bible, especially the parts dealing with Christ's teaching, to support his pronouncements on homosexuality and transsexual behaviour, we must assume that he is simply falling back on the entrenched homophobia and the urge to control human sexuality that have characterised Catholic teaching down the centuries. It is becoming easier by the day to discover what this man learnt from the Nazis.

His contribution, direct or indirect, to the already superabundant intolerance and hatred in the world makes him an evil man. The sooner people realise this the better. When they do, I hope they will line up outside Catholic churches around the world to denounce their Pope, bishops, and priests.

This Pope is disgusting.