Gay rights groups have reacted with some fury to
Pope Benedict XVI's recent denouncement of homosexuality and transsexuality. The Pope allegedly declared that mankind needs to save itself as much as it does the environment, and that means it needs an end to that oh-so-prevalent danger of 'gender blurring'.
The good ol' BBC has selected the more controversial of his comments, made in an end-of-year speech to Vatican staff (which sounds like a very sombre Christmas party). Have a read. These seems to be the statement that has caused most offence:
"The Church speaks of human nature as 'man' or 'woman' and asks that this order is respected."
Now call me naïve, but where's the gay-bashing there?