It is the Christmas season, so Christians all over the world are reaching out and showing love to their fellow man. Unless they are fags of course.

Pope Benedict said Monday that saving humanity from homosexual or transsexual behaviour 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."

I love this rationalization. "We LOVE the gays! Just so long as they don't DO anything gay. Because....ooooh yuck!"

That is the dumbest logic I have ever heard. As is the constant comparison of homosexual behavior to incest or pedophilia.

Let me explain the difference stupid. It is the difference between "consensual" sex and "non-consensual" sex. An adult who has sex with a child is engaging in "non-consensual" sex because the child is too young to understand and give permission for the act. The same is true of a father who molests his children. He is victimizing them because they are not old enough to understand exactly what is happening.

But if two same sex people wish to make hot monkey love, and they are both old enough to give consent, then it is none of our damn business!

"But it is gross!" Well that is just a matter of opinion. Personally I think old people making love is gross too, but I certainly have nothing against them doing so. Just don't make me watch.

And while I am at it let me explain why religions are so against "teh gays".

You see religions were bases of power in ancient times. They bonded people together in like minded communities which usually only increased in size by making lots and lots of babies and indoctrinating them into whatever religion the parents were practicing. This is the same reason why marrying outside of your race, religion, or class could result in being ostracized or even put to death. The religion had to be preserved and its influence needed to be spread, to insure its survivability. Introducing alternative beliefs puts an established religion in jeopardy.

Having a homosexual in your group was frowned upon because that person was not surrendering their sperm for the cause of the collective. They were selfishly choosing to "sin" against the good of the community. Even forcing them to marry and have sex without being in love was no big deal because it still meant that they would create new Christians, Jews, Muslims, Hindus, or whatever and that increased the size and influence of their belief system and often their very race.

You see homosexuality is as old as time, and it is practiced by every species of creature on earth with no detrimental effect whatsoever. It is only human beings who condemn and punish members of their species for not contributing to the gene pool. It is only we who hate and vilify those who are different.

But not all human beings. In the Native American culture there was a much more advanced and inclusive response to the homosexual. He simply followed the path of the "Two spirit". Rather then being rejected, they often performed a very necessary function and were even considered magic in some tribes.

So when you next hear your minister, or priest, or Rabbi, or spiritual teacher, explaining to you how homosexuality is a sin, remember what primitive tradition is informing that opinion. And then ask yourself, "In this day and age, how does somebodies sexuality hurt me in any way?"

It is Christmas. What better time for people to open their heart, and choose to love those who walk a different path?