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Tens of thousands of Catholics rallied Dec. 30
in Madrid’s Plaza de Colón in support of the “tradi
tional” family and against same-sex marriage and
easier divorce.
Cardinal Antonio Cañizares conducted a Mass
at the gathering, and Pope Benedict XVI addressed
the ralliers via video link. Cañizares said the liber
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Zapatero threaten the very existence of society. The
pope said the family is “based on the unbreakable
union of man and woman.”
Spain legalized same-sex marriage in 2005.
Organizers pegged the rally’s turnout at 1.5
million.
“These atheist, irreligious governments want to
make us believe that our life has no meaning,” one
of the organizers, Kiko Argiiello, told Reuters.
Spain holds a general election March 9. In recent
polling, Zapatero’s Socialist party held a 2 percent
lead over the conservative Popular Party.
In response to the rally, Zapatero said that his
policies are supported by the “vast majority” of
Spaniards and that the Roman Catholic Church
should stop attempting to curtail citizens’ constitu
tional rights.
McKellen Becomes
Companion of Honor
Openly gay actor Sir Ian McKellen was made
a member of the prestigious Order of Companions
of Honor in Queen Elizabeth IPs new year honors.
The order, founded by George V, has only 65
members. McKellen, who has been a knight since
1990, was honored “for services to drama and to
equality” and now can place the initials “C.H.” after
his name.
“I am honored to join an order which includes
such distinguished practitioners in the arts,” said
McKellen, 68. “It is particularly pleasing that
‘equality’ is included in my citation.”
Other members of the order include Sir John
Major, Dame Judi Dench, Sir David Attenborough
and professor Stephen Hawking.
Bishop: 13-Year-Olds
Provoke Sexual Contact
The Roman Catholic bishop of Tenerife in
Spain’s Canary Islands is in hot water for saying
that 13-year-olds seek sex with adults, according to
TypicallySpanish.com.
In a Christmas Eve interview with the news
paper La Opinión de Tenerife, Bernardo Alvarez said,
Gay actor Sir Ian McKellen, who was made a
member of the Order of Companions of Honor by
Queen Elizabeth II, said he was pleased to be
recognized for his commitment to equality.
“There are 13-year-old adolescents who are under
age and who are perfectly in agreement with, and
what’s more, wanting it, and if you are careless, they
will e.ven provoke you.”
Alvarez added that such activity harms society
the same as homosexuality does and said cultures
where either takes place will pay a price down the
road like “other civilizations” paid.
His office later released a statement saying he
had not meant to suggest that “an event as
condemnahle as the abuse of youngsters” could be
justified.
The Triangulo Canarias Foundation for the
Social Equality of Gays and Lesbians condemned
Alvarez’s remarks.
Online Homophobes Prosecuted
in the Netherlands
A Dutch man who was subjected to a barrage of
homophobic abuse in an online chat room took
a printout of the attack to police and got the
offenders prosecuted, Radio Netherlands World
wide reported Dec. 31.
Franklin Hill, a 32-year-old flight attendant,
was bashed with comments such as “Dirty faggot,"
“Death to fags” and “The Third Reich should be
resurrected.”
A court determined that such language is ille
gal and sentenced one of the bashers to 15 hours
of community service and fined another one
$1,100.
“The fact that they now know they can’t just
say what they want in a chat room, and that they
didn’t get away with it, gives me satisfaction," Hill
told the radie station. “You just have to dQSome-
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