Pope: Straight People = Rainforest; Gay People = Loggers

[sleigh]

Pope Benedict XVI, the latest travesty (in my opinion) to sit on the papal throne, linked saving the rainforest to saving humankind from "self-destruction" by homosexuals and transsexuals. Damn, all of us straight people ought to be on the lookout for GLBT people with axes, I suppose. Or maybe it'll be Gay Climate Change. "If tropical forests deserve our protection, humankind... deserves it no less," the pope said in his end-of-the-year address, when he offers his annual Christmas greetings.

*sigh* Bah humbug, Mr. Ratzinger.

Comments

[minnehaha.livejournal.com]

Surely there are half a dozen good sexual metaphors in all that.

B

[mrbankies.livejournal.com]

This is the sort of nonsense that made me label myself a Recovering Catholic many years ago

[almsthvn.livejournal.com]

Coz... He's a Lumberjack and he's ok!
He sleeps all night and he works all day!

Thoughts

[ysabetwordsmith.livejournal.com]

It must be nerve-wracking to be so insecure about one's own sexual identity.

Re: Thoughts

[sleigh.livejournal.com]

Well, y'know the priests get to dress up in those lovely little cassocks that look so much like dresses... :-)

[sleigh.livejournal.com]

I cut down trees, I wear high heels
Suspenders and a bra
I wish I'd been a girlie
Just like my dear Papa.

[sleigh.livejournal.com]

I never recovered. myself. :-)

[sleigh.livejournal.com]

What, in cutting down wood? Nah, can't think of any, myself. :-)

[the-corbie.livejournal.com]

I do find it harder to get worked up about homophobes when they're essentially shooting themselves in the foot. In that respect, the wonderful thing about Ratzinger is that he's a bloody awful communicator. Even his closest allies are probably thinking "I'm right with you there on the gays, Joe, but wtf does it have to do with saving the rainforest? Talk about a non-sequitur." Everyone else is probably just chuckling at the senile old fool.

[barbarienne.livejournal.com]

My brain hurts!

(I wish I had a Mr. Gumby icon.)

How, exactly, are gays a threat to all humanity? I'm pretty sure they're not going to "convert" all the straights. Are we going to be soiled by association?

How come people who preach the omnipotence of deity always seem to think that they have to do God's work personally? I have yet to hear a decent explanation for why God insists that people run all his errands. Is he just lazy? Can't be arsed to assert his will?

[gryphart.livejournal.com]

Yeah, when your crazy rhetoric just makes me think about Monty Python, you have failed reality and gone straight to cartoon.

[nicola314159.livejournal.com]

Yes, the human race is under threat because everyone will convert, because it is JUST THAT POPULAR. Gargh.

Oh well. At least I get another thing for my list of what's wrong with catholicism, for when my (very devout catholic) future mother in law discovers I will NOT be baptising any of our children.

[genders.livejournal.com]

My biggest concern about this is the behavior of Pope Pius XII vis-a-vis the fate of the Jews during the holocaust. Cringe.