didn't take long

[winterbadger]

Pope Benedict XVI has responded firmly to the first challenge of his papacy by condemning a Spanish government bill allowing marriage between homosexuals.

The bill, passed by parliament's Socialist-dominated lower house, also allows gay couples to adopt.

A senior Vatican official described the bill - which is likely to become law within a few months - as iniquitous.

He said Roman Catholic officials should be prepared to lose their jobs rather than co-operate with the law.

full article on BBC

Hardly surprising, but...

Comments

[mazzie.livejournal.com]

gotta give him mad props, though, for using iniquitous.

-- word girl

any idea how hard it is to be a queer Buddhist female and not feel like this dude and his posse are out to get me?