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Pope Condemns Same Sex Union as Attack on
Society
"Attacks on marriage and the family, from an ideological and legal aspect, are becoming stronger and more radical every day," the 84-year old pontiff said in the unusually strong statement.
The Catholic Church teaches that marriage between a man and a women is sacred and that homosexuality is a sin. That stance has been under pressure in some of its core constituencies, including the United States and Catholic Spain where the socialist government in October approved a controversial draft law to legalize gay unions. But a counterattack has begun. In the United States, President Bush was swept back to power in the November elections with help from U.S. evangelicals and Catholics who agree with the Pope.
The Polish Pope on Saturday also condemned abortion, artificial procreation and equal status for cohabiting couples as undermining the marital state. "These things that are presented as civilized progress or scientific
conquests, in many cases are in fact a defeat for the dignity of human life and
for society," his statement read.
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"Who
destroys this fundamental fabric causes a profound injury to society and
provokes often irreparable damage." 
Votes
for Bush included solid support from the religious right and his win was
interpreted by some as a victory for conservative Christians on issues like gay
rights and abortion.