Cardinal Schonborn’s congratulations to “Conchita Wurst”
Is cross-dressing now an example of the “diversity” of “God’s garden”?
It was widely reported in German-language media, and noted on a handful of English-language blogs, that Cardinal Schonborn of Vienna had offered his congratulations last week to Thomas Neuwirth, a.k.a “Conchita Wurst”, for the bearded transvestite’s “victory” at the Eurovision Song Contest earlier this month.
Now, thanks to a friend of Rorate, “EP”, we have a full translation of the Cardinal’s remarks as published on his official Facebook page (see here), remarks that were echoed on the website of the Austrian daily, “Heute”. The emphases are Rorate’s.
It is said on the first page of the Bible: “And God created man to his own image…male and female he created them.” How wonderful, this idea of God’s. What a dull and dreary place the world would be if it were populated by one sex exclusively. The mutual attraction between man and woman is what makes life interesting. The complementarity of the sexes is something both precious and wonderful. None of us would be here today if a man and a woman had not conceived us in what was, hopefully, an act of true love, giving us the gift of life.Continue reading – http://rorate-caeli.blogspot.com/2014/05/for-record-cardinal-schonborns.html
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