Ryan further warns against religion in general, saying it is a threat to tolerance, unity and world peace.
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The following is an excerpt of the article "Gay marriage a 'dangerous threat', Pope warns"
By PinkNews.co.uk Staff Writer • May 13, 2010 - 18:30:
Pope Benedict has called gay marriage and abortion "dangerous threats to the common good" during a visit to Portugal.
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Addressing followers today, the Pope called for pastoral action to tackle abortion and same-sex marriage, which he called "some of today's most insidious and dangerous threats to the common good".
He called abortion a "tragedy" and urged for protection of the "family based on the indissoluble marriage between a man and a woman".
Portugal approved gay marriage earlier this year. In January, speaking just after Portugal's parliament voted in favour of the move, the Pope called it an "attack" on the natural differences between men and women.
He recently criticised gay rights measures contained in Britain's Equality Act. He said measures designed to ensure churches were not discriminating when hiring staff were against "natural law".
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In an end-of year address in 2008, he said that the existence of gay people threatens humanity as much as the destruction of the rainforests does and that "blurring" genders through acceptance of transgender people would kill off the human race.
Read the full Pink News article HERE.
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