Popetastic

[Miss Demeanour]

Pope Benedict XVI has sparked fury among secular and gay rights campaigners after he attacked equality legislation in Britain for running contrary to "natural law" and restricting the freedom of religious communities.

The Pontiff said the effects of some legislation designed to give equality of opportunity had been to impose "unjust limitations" on the freedom of religious communities to act "in accordance with their beliefs".

"Your country is well-known for its firm commitment to equality of opportunity for all members of society," he told the Catholic bishops of England and Wales gathered in Rome.

"Yet, as you have rightly pointed out, the effect of some of the legislation designed to achieve this goal has been to impose unjust limitations on the freedom of religious communities to act in accordance with their beliefs. In some respects it actually violates the natural law upon which the equality of all human beings is grounded and by which it is guaranteed."

Defies belief given their record of abuse 

[Nick]

QUite so, they were always very welcoming to paedophiles 

[beerhead]

1. Let's hope we are all intelligent enough to know the difference between homosexuals and paedophiles.
2. What percentage of the clergy is gay. In my limited experience, about 20%
3. If you want examples of rampant hypocrisy, just look at any religion

[Nick]

On your point 1 we do!

They whittle about equality for gays and stuff and then harbour gays AND paedophiles themselves

[Snoopy]

He is saying no more than the CoE, Muslim and Jewish religious leaders are saying and that is "They don't like a law that forces them to disobey what they see as a higher authority"

Don't be mislead by the Daily Mail and co.