Pope Attacks Gay Families
by Peter Moore
365Gay.com Newscenter in London

(November 24, Vatican City) Pope John Paul has declared that laws permitting gay marriage, divorce and abortion constitute a violent assault on family life

Speaking to a congress on family issues, the pontiff said that gay and lesbian unions threaten the "natural institution" of the family.

"The power of changing the Creator's original project was not given to man," the Pope said.

He went on to urge the church's one billion Catholics around the world to prevent laws which are not consistent " with the true well-being of the family".

"The violent attack by some sectors of modern society on the institution of the family must be registered," the Pontiff said.

John Paul II also attacked pro choice,  saying: "They favour bringing the dangerous shadow of the culture of death inside the domestic hearth," the pontiff said.

The pope made an appeal to the congress on behalf of children, describing them as the victims of broken families.

"When one speaks about the family, children cannot be left out, since in many ways they are innocent victims of the dysfunctional family community".

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