5 February, 2010 17:45

Posted in Uncategorized at 5:45 pm by gendertrust
THE GENDER TRUST BLOG: Pope Attacks Trans!

http://gendertrust.wordpress.com/2010/02/05/5-february-2010-1745/

OK, Pope Benedict XVI didn't actually maim anyone, but I needed a catchy headline.

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Is that a dress?

It all started last week as churches voiced concerns that the Equality Bill could expose them to legal challenges if they refused to employ trans and sexually active gay people. (What are they worried about? – we're not really covered anyway).

And now, in LGBT History month of all times, the Pontiff's thrown in his tuppence-worth:

    "The effect of some of the [equality] legislation has been to impose unjust limitations on the freedom of religious communities to act in accordance with their beliefs. In some respects it actually violates the natural law upon which the equality of all human beings is grounded and by which it is
    guaranteed."