Comments on: It’s been a bad week for Catholic and Muslim homophobes in India

By: barriejohn

barriejohn — Tue, 07 Jul 2009 19:14:00 +0000

Yes – and much of it by "celibate" priests, too, if their behaviour in other countries is anything to go by!

By: greghousesgf

greghousesgf — Mon, 06 Jul 2009 19:41:15 +0000

Isn't there a little too much baby making going on in India right now anyway?

By: barriejohn

barriejohn — Sun, 05 Jul 2009 13:48:58 +0000

Very good! Do you visit Platitude Of The Day? I said on that site that "Thought For The Day" was a complete misnomer, as thinking is the very last thing that they want!!

By: barriejohn

barriejohn — Sun, 05 Jul 2009 12:48:16 +0000

I couldn`t agree more Modusoperandi! This is just the sort of demand that gets the religious right screaming out: "They don`t want equal rights, they want special rights!"

By: barriejohn

barriejohn — Sun, 05 Jul 2009 10:08:37 +0000

…And amazingly beautiful, as well! BTW I have seen videos of dogs skateboarding, and even windsurfing, but I agree that the shots of them "driving cars" do look a little contrived, if not downright fake!!

(PS Spot on with your observations there!)

By: sailor1031

sailor1031 — Sun, 05 Jul 2009 10:01:14 +0000

did anyone else's irony meter register 101% at this:

"Father Babu Joseph, spokesperson of the Catholic Bishops’ Conference of India, added:
The Church is very clear that gay relations are against the order of nature and divine will. In homosexual relations, persons may get personal gratification but they are not obeying natural law and social obligations.

The Catholic Church has consistently opposed homosexual behavior because it considers the social obligation of giving birth to a new generation to be “very important,” he said."

So this celibacy thing is against natural law and is a failure to fulfill social obligations?

By: Meee

Meee — Sun, 05 Jul 2009 02:35:36 +0000

"Forum general secretary Joseph Dias, in a press release, said homosexuality was unnatural even among animals.

'So why do human beings want to stoop down even lower than animals.'"

Hmm. So what else is unnatural or uncommon amongst animals…

1) Farming
2) Mining
3) Industry
4) Driving a car
5) Wearing shoes
6) Religion

Of course, by doing those things, we are not "lower" than animals. Homosexuality is also far from uncommon in animals. Mallard Ducks are astonishingly gay.

By: methanopyrus

methanopyrus — Sun, 05 Jul 2009 01:21:36 +0000

"Forum general secretary Joseph Dias, in a press release, said homosexuality was unnatural even among animals."

WRONG.

By: Buffy

Buffy — Sat, 04 Jul 2009 23:20:42 +0000

The ignoramus warned that homosexual behavior would increase if it were legalised, and encourage:

Manipulative, dominating, coercive, under age and unsafe sex.

Yeah, because none of that occurs in the heterosexual world, particularly in religious circles.

By: remigius

remigius — Sat, 04 Jul 2009 20:33:34 +0000

Spoing!