Pope Compares Fighting Homosexuality to Saving Rainforests

Today, Pope Benedict XVI made a statement which once again showed that he is not the meek, old man that liberals were hoping for. According to Reuters, Pope Benedict stated that saving humanity from homosexual or transsexual behavior was just as important as saving the rainforest from destruction.

The Church "should also protect man from the destruction of himself. A sort of ecology of man is needed," the pontiff said in a holiday address to the Curia, the Vatican's central administration.

"The tropical forests do deserve our protection. But man, as a creature, does not deserve any less."

The Catholic Church teaches that while homosexuality is not sinful, homosexual acts are. It opposes gay marriage and, in October, a leading Vatican official called homosexuality "a deviation, an irregularity, a wound."

The pope said humanity needed to "listen to the language of creation" to understand the intended roles of man and woman. He compared behavior beyond traditional heterosexual relations as "a destruction of God's work."

He also defended the Church's right to "speak of human nature as man and woman, and ask that this order of creation be respected."

A Lawyer Died

A lawyer died and arrived at the pearly gates.

To his dismay, there were thousands of people ahead of him in line to see St. Peter. To his surprise, St. Peter left his desk at the gate and came down the long line to where the lawyer was, and greeted him warmly.

Then St. Peter and one of his assistants took the lawyer by the hands and guided him up to the front of the line, and into a comfortable chair by his desk.

The lawyer said, "I don't mind all this attention, but what makes me so special?"

St. Peter replied, "Well, I've added up all the hours for which you billed your clients, and by my calculation you must be about 196 years old!"

The Wrong Sign

A priest and pastor were on the side of the road. They had a sign proclaiming: "The End is Near! Turn yourself around now before it's too late!" and they showed it to each passing car.

One driver that drove by didn't seem to appreciate the sign and shouted at them as he whizzed by, "Leave me alone, you religious freaks!"

Seconds later, the priest said to the pastor heard a big splash. They looked at each other quizzically, and the priest said to the pastor, "Hey, you think we should just put up a sign that says "Bridge Out" instead?"