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S A T U R D A Y , J U N E 0 4 , 2 0 0 5Taliban Attempts Takeover Of Italyby Michael in New York on
6/04/2005 04:54:00 PMSorry, did I say the Taliban? I meant the Catholic Church. Pope"Hey, I was just a kid when I joined the Hitler Youth" Benedicthas made his first push into politics.Did Pope Benedict support calls for massive debt relief inAfrica, or an end to major countries like the US and Francepeddling their weapons of war to the corrupt governments onthat troubled continent? No.Did Pope Benedict decry the lack of attention spent on fightingAIDS, the worldwide plague killing tens of millions that isspreading faster than it can be fought, and which CAN befought with inexpensive, humane intervention? No.Did Pope Benedict condemn the mockery of one of the world'smajor religions by the US military's mistreatment of the Koran,calling for respect of all peoples of faith as a cornerstone ofdecency? No.Instead, Pope Benedict supported a far-right Italian push tokeep people from the polls, so that a referendum on fertilitytreatment would fail for lack of support. Among othermeasures, the current law insists the government has the rightto decide who can and cannot get pregnant (if you're notmarried in a government-approved marriage, you're out of luckas far as fertility treatment goes). So if you can't get pregnanton your own, they'll force you to stay that way. And if you DOget pregnant, they'll force you to stay that way as well.Pope Benedict is indeed continuing Pope John Paul II's legacyof hatred of democracy (it's so annoying when the meek insiston controlling their own lives) and a desire to make its ownmorality not simply the rule for faithful Cahtolics, but the law ofthe land for everyone else as well.
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