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Pope Blasts Media For Making Gays Look 'Normal' by Malcolm Thornberry, 365Gay.com January 25, 2004 Rome, Jan.24 -- Pope John Paul II accused the media Saturday of glamorizing homosexuality and desensitizing the public about abortion. In a statement to mark the lead up to the Church's World Communications Day the pontiff said the media was not doing enough to promote traditional family life. "All communication has a moral dimension," his statement said. "People grow or diminish in moral stature by the words which they speak and the messages which they choose to hear." "Infidelity, sexual activity outside of marriage, and the absence of a moral and spiritual vision of the marriage covenant are depicted uncritically, while positive support is at times given to divorce, contraception, abortion and homosexuality. Such portrayals, by promoting causes inimical to marriage and the family, are detrimental to the common good of society," the papal statement said. He urged professional communicators to recognize their "moral responsibility" and to exercise "wisdom, good judgment and fairness in their presentation of issues involving sexuality, marriage and family life". And he said if he media does not exercise "restraint" the state should step in. The pontifical statement called for regulations to stop the media from acting against "the good of the family," although it said the pope rejected outright censorship.
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