# Benedict XVI vs. Spain

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/benedict-xvi-vs-spain/300629>\
**Category:** The BBQ Pit\
**Created:** [April 22, 2005, 5:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/benedict-xvi-vs-spain/300629 "2005-04-22T17:00:10Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 3\
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**Author:** ![matt\_mcl](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/7ab992/32.png) [@matt\_mcl](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/matt_mcl)\
**Post date:** [April 28, 2005, 6:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/benedict-xvi-vs-spain/300629/61 "2005-04-28T18:42:17Z")

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Associated Press, April 27, 2005  
[http://www3.advocate.com/news\_detail.asp?id=16122](http://www3.advocate.com/news_detail.asp?id=16122)  
Cardinal compares gay marriage to Nazism

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> Gay rights groups in Spain reacted with anger on Wednesday after a Roman Catholic cardinal compared obedience to the legalization of same-sex marriage to the process that led to the creation of Nazi death camps, Agence France-Presse reports. “If you give obedience to the law priority over obedience to your conscience, that leads to Auschwitz,” Cardinal Ricard Maria Carles, former archbishop of Barcelona, told a Spanish television station.

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**Author:** ![esquimalt](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/4af34b/32.png) [@esquimalt](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/esquimalt)\
**Post date:** [April 28, 2005, 7:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/benedict-xvi-vs-spain/300629/62 "2005-04-28T19:02:19Z")

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> [@jayjay](#):
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> NOBODY expects the German Inqui…wait…that’s not right.
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> I’ll come in again.

That’s it… The comfy pillow for you

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**Author:** ![jayjay](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/jayjay/32/6765_2.png) [@jayjay](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/jayjay)\
**Post date:** [April 28, 2005, 7:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/benedict-xvi-vs-spain/300629/63 "2005-04-28T19:07:31Z")

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> [@esquimalt](#):
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> That’s it… The comfy pillow for you

NO! Not the comfy pillow! :eek:

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