I came into DU tonight after a positive and productive day. My first order of business, as usual, was to peruse LBN. The headines are horrifying on their own, collectively they are beyond the pale:
Pope Uses Easter To Attack Gay Families
(Vatican City) In marking the Stations of the Cross during Good Friday observances in Rome Pope Benedict XVI called for the "filth" the surrounds society to be cleansed and said the world is in the grip of "a diabolical pride aimed at eliminating the family".
"Lord, we have lost our sense of sin," he said. "Today a slick campaign of propaganda is spreading an inane apologia of evil, a senseless cult of Satan, a mindless desire for transgression, a dishonest and frivolous freedom, exalting impulsiveness, immorality and selfishness as if they were new heights of sophistication.”
Although the Pontiff did not specifically name same-sex relationships the message was clear, less than a week after Italian voters elected a leftist government committed to recognizing gay and lesbian couples.
In a much publicized event less than two weeks before the election the pope used a meeting with the conservative coalition to launch an attack on the leftists for their support of a domestic partner law.
"Attempts to make juridically equivalent to radically different forms of unions which in reality harm it and contribute to its destabilization," the pope declared. (story)
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Although was his first public comment on same-sex marriage since becoming Pope, Benedict had long history of attacking same-sex unions.
As Cardinal Ratzinger he was the Vatican's most outspoken opponent of gay marriage.
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More:
http://www.365gay.com/Newscon06/04/041406pope.htm -------------------------
Baghdad Morgue Overflowing Daily
http://ipsnews.net/news.asp?idnews=32897 IRAQ:
Baghdad Morgue Overflowing Daily
Dahr Jamail and Arkan Hamed
BAGHDAD, Apr 14 (IPS) - As sectarian killings continue to rise in Iraq, the central morgue in Baghdad is unable to keep up with the daily influx of bodies.
The morgue is receiving a minimum of 60 bodies a day and sometimes more than 100, a morgue employee told IPS on condition of anonymity.
"The average is probably over 85," said the employee on the morning of April 12, as scores of family members waited outside the building to see if their loved ones were among the dead.
The family of a man named Ashraf who had been taken away by the Iraqi police Feb. 16 anxiously searched through digital photographs inside the morgue. He then found what he was looking for.
"His two sons were killed when Ashraf was taken," said his uncle, 50-year-old Aziz. "Ashraf was a bricklayer who was simply trying to do his job, and now we see what has become of him in our new democracy."
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CNN Breaking: 2 Marines Dead 22 Marines Wounded in Iraq
Edited on Fri Apr-14-06 06:23 PM by leftchick
From a battle in Al Anbar province on Thursday. No link yet just on TV
Edit: Link thanks to maddezmom
http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20060414/ap_on_re_mi_ea/iraq... 2 Marines Killed, 22 Hurt in Western Iraq
BAGHDAD, Iraq - Two U.S. Marines were killed and 22 were wounded, two of them critically, in fighting in western Iraq, the U.S. command announced Saturday.
A U.S. statement said the casualties occurred Thursday as a result of "enemy action" in Anbar province, but did not give a specific location or provide details of the fighting.
It said one Marine, assigned to I Marine Expeditionary Force Headquarters Group, died "at the scene of the attack." Another Marine, assigned to Regimental Combat Team 5, died at a medical facility in Taqqadum, the statement added.
Eight wounded Marines, all assigned to Regimental Combat Team 5, were evacuated by air to a medical facility in Balad. Two were listed in critical condition and six were reported as stable, the statement said.
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And on and on it goes!!
We are in very dark days my friends. Very dark. More to come.
Julie
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