24/12/2008 (All day)
Pope Benedict's pre-Christmas tirade against homosexuals would have been better directed against enforced celibacy, Australian Greens Leader Senator Bob Brown said today. "Homosexuality is a necessary niche of nature's grand diversity, and the Pope should honour it rather than imply disdain for the Creator." "However, enforced celibacy was cooked up against the order of nature, causes much unnecessary heartache, and is something the Pope can fix," said Senator Brown. "Why not celebrate Christmas with a papal decree ended enforced celibacy instead of playing Scrooge to millions of happy homosexuals?" The Pope should have made his announcement in Sydney in July, Senator Brown said. "However, I am in total agreement with his Holiness over protecting forests. Pope Benedict is spot on there," he concluded. For more information or media enquiries please call Tim Norton on 0418 401 180