Same-sex marriages a part of "a new ideology of evil."
He was on the side of peace, I'll give him credit for that. He did much to end the dictatorship in his country, bravo. But John Paul II did his fair share of harm in the world, and I just needed to voice that in the midst of all this "John Paul the Great" nonsense. Whether it came from such crap as the above quote, the tireless work in ensuring that birth control was kept out of the picture in any international work on population control, or doing his duty in ensuring women remain second class citizens whether in the church or elsewhere and his tremendous work in AIDS prevention...
I'm not happy to see him die, I don't like to see anyone die, but it would be nice if some of his more horrific beliefs would have died with him. I'm glad he had a nice, full and fulfilling life. It's just a shame he didn't give a damn about the hell his beliefs and his actions have and will cause untold millions of others to go through.
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by Tabby at 4/04/2005 04:19:00 p.m.