Dear Editor,
Regarding Pope Benedict XVI’s Christmas address delivered on December 21, 2012, I commend him for strongly denouncing homosexuality and same-sex marriage on that occasion.
This new “gender ideology” which is increasingly being imposed on society by Western governments, undermines the fundamental understanding of what it means to be a human. In seeking to make every individual completely autonomous, it destroys the understanding of the family as a community designed for the rearing of children. In this radical new understanding of sexuality, children lose their own rights
and become mere objects of
adult possession.
God created male and female. From the Emperor cult of ancient Rome to the totalitarian regimes of the last century, to the politically correct governments of today, Caesar has tried to take the place of God. We have to resist this politicisation of religion and the deification of temporal power.
The Christmas birth of Christ challenges us to reassess our priorities, our values, our very way of life.
I convey respectful and cordial best wishes.
Paul Kokoski
Ontario, Canada
Regarding Pope Benedict XVI’s Christmas address delivered on December 21, 2012, I commend him for strongly denouncing homosexuality and same-sex marriage on that occasion.
This new “gender ideology” which is increasingly being imposed on society by Western governments, undermines the fundamental understanding of what it means to be a human. In seeking to make every individual completely autonomous, it destroys the understanding of the family as a community designed for the rearing of children. In this radical new understanding of sexuality, children lose their own rights
and become mere objects of
adult possession.
God created male and female. From the Emperor cult of ancient Rome to the totalitarian regimes of the last century, to the politically correct governments of today, Caesar has tried to take the place of God. We have to resist this politicisation of religion and the deification of temporal power.
The Christmas birth of Christ challenges us to reassess our priorities, our values, our very way of life.
I convey respectful and cordial best wishes.
Paul Kokoski
Ontario, Canada