Posted in: News  Pope Benedict XVI Condemns Gay Marriage  pope
benedict xvi  In the last few months, the LGBT community has had
several victories in the United States. Prop 8 was ruled
unconstitutional and several states have started to consider
legalizing gay marriage. Pope Benedict XCI doesn’t like the
direction that the United States is heading.  In a speech to
U.S. bishops, Pope Benedict XVI spoke out against the “powerful”
gay marriage lobby in the United States.  The Pope said:  “(We
cannot bow to the) powerful political and cultural currents
seeking to alter the legal definition of marriage…. Sexual
differences cannot be dismissed as irrelevant to the definition
of marriage…. Young people need to encounter the church’s
teaching in all its integrity, challenging and countercultural
as that teaching may be; more importantly they need to see it
embodied by faithful married couples who bear convincing witness
to truth.”  UticaOD reports that the Pope also commented on the
current birth control issue in the