The Pope needs to work on his Moral Priorities.

Sometimes you have to really wonder how some people look at the world & completely go off course in understanding it.

Reportedly, Pope Benedict XVI in a Monday address to 180 diplomats at the Vatican declared "“pride of place goes to the family, based on the marriage of a man and a woman" & that “Consequently, policies which undermine the family threaten human dignity and the future of humanity itself.”

Wow, That is just so narrow-minded , ignorant,and out of touch that I have difficulty trying to wonder what to say to that. Wait... I already know what to say.

Apparently Obviously, The pope doesn't think Gay couples and families shouldn't feel any pride because their straight counterparts are more "important".  Well Mr. XVI,  No family is more or less equal or valued just because the heads of a family are not heterosexual.

As for the "threatens the future of humanity itself." part. That is what angers me so much about traditional moralists, Their failure to actually pin down real threats to humanity. These include:

1. Environmental Degradation
2. Economic Inequality
3.Discrimination
4. Abuse & Harassment.
5.War
6.Oppressive Governments
7.As a friend of mine said "Humanity".

All these clear visible threats to humanity & the pope , moral & spiritual authority of a church with over a billion members, focuses on Gay marriage. Gay marriage should've been legalized a long time ago. Yet people continue to treat as a threat, abomination, or etc. The sky is not falling in the countries that legalized gay marriage (maybe in Spain & Portugal but that's something else.)

The truth is Gay Marriage is a human rights issue that harms no one and is the moral thing to do. Gay couples have a right to fully participate in & contribute to society and enjoy the same benefits straight couples do.  It's that easy to realize it.