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...most divisive. In Spain, whose kings and queens were once the most fervent defenders of the Christian faith, the Socialist government has launched a radical reform of family law that will grant gays and lesbians full legal status as parents and allow them to marry. In Ireland, another former Roman Catholic bastion, politicians from all parties meet this week to discuss whether the constitution should be changed to give homosexual couples the same rights as heterosexual ones. In England, the leaders of the worldwide Anglican Communion last week issued a report saying that if its pro - and anti - gay factions...
...unleash. Appearing earlier this month at what should have been a routine hearing before a European Parliament committee, the E.U. Commissioner - designate for Justice, Freedom and Security was asked about discrimination against homosexuals. In response Buttiglione, a close friend and a biographer of Pope John Paul II, cited his Roman Catholic faith and said he considered homosexuality a "sin" and marriage an institution intended to give women "the right to have children and the protection of a man." What happened next was anything but routine. Many committee members were furious at what they considered such blatantly discriminatory views from...
...battle rages fiercest. The Socialist - led government will allow homosexuals to marry and adopt children; the Church has called on Spanish Catholics to fight the legislation. Javier Garcia, 40, who wants to marry his Brazilian partner, Mario Almeida, thinks the Church's opposition is wrongheaded. Both men are Roman Catholic. "Most Christians think homosexuals should be able to get married," he says. Indeed, polls show that some 60% of Spaniards support legalizing gay marriage, and around 250,000 couples are awaiting the new law, which will be debated in parliament in the next few weeks and is almost certain...
...afternoon sun beats down on a rocking sea of blue, palpitating with the strokes of a fleet of warriors. Oars slice into the spinning water as the shoreline blurs into the paling horizon. Like Roman slaves, they propel themselves along the water, the outcries of the coxswain lashing them at every move...
This idea of the work of art in a world of art works is explored in the exhibition as well. There are prints which seek to render the Roman Colloseum as “Experienced Space” for those who cannot journey there. The cathedral at Rouen and all its intricacy is explored by print-makers again and again from the late 18th century until Lichtenstein...