Gay marriage: a virus
• Homophobia
Obviously my perceptions of Spain are woefully dated. But as the article notes the popularity of declined since the death of the fervently Catholic dictator Franco. Pity George Bush's (bogus?) piety won't have a similarly cleansing effect on the American electorate.
Allowing this would create "a counterfeit currency in the body of society", Martinez Camino said. He added that such legislation was like "imposing a virus on society, something false that will have negative consequences for social life."
Church slams Spanish bid to okay gay marriage
Polls show that nearly half of Spain's Catholics almost never go to Mass, and a third say they are simply not religious.
Church: Legalizing same-sex marriage like `imposing a virus'