Opposition To Catholic Activism
In November 2009, Besen wrote an opinion piece in the San Francisco Bay Times arguing that the gay community has a "gigantic Pope problem", and that under the leadership of Benedict XVI, the Vatican has become an enemy of liberalism, modernity and LGBT rights. He was responding to a recent ecumenical manifesto known as the Manhattan Declaration, which calls upon Christians to oppose laws and policies that attempt to undermine their private religious consciences.
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