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In a significant development, the Pope has made new and unequivocal statements regarding gay marriage.
ROME (Reuters) – Homosexual marriages are part of “a new ideology of evil” that is insidiously threatening society, Pope John Paul says in a new book published Tuesday.
...The 84-year-old Pontiff’s book, a highly philosophical and intricate work on the nature of good and evil, is based on conversations with philosopher friends in 1993 and later with some of his aides.
In one section about the role of lawmakers, the Pope takes another swipe at gay marriages when he refers to “pressures” on the European Parliament to allow them.
“It is legitimate and necessary to ask oneself if this is not perhaps part of a new ideology of evil, perhaps more insidious and hidden, which attempts to pit human rights against the family and against man,” he writes.
“To pit human rights against the family and against man…” He has a point.
No one yet knows what causes gay behavior. It may be genetic, in which case the arguments of gay rights activists have more in their favor.
It may, however, be the same thing—also not as yet identified—that makes people do all sorts of things that happen to be bad for them, like smoking cigarettes, losing large amounts of money gambling, getting addicted to cocaine and heroin, etc. etc. etc.
The mere fact of people doing an action does not in and of itself prove that the action is good for the people doing it.
It may be that in many cases, perhaps in the majority of cases, gay behavior is not genetic and is not in the best interests of those doing it. Should that be the case it is reasonable for society not to reward and encourage it—reasonable not only for society as a whole, but for the individuals in it as well.
