Scottish Cardinal calls homosexual marriage ‘grotesque subversion’ of human rights, ‘shameful’
Cardinal Keith O’Brien , who leads the Bishops’ Conference of Scotland , has come out in fierce opposition to plans to legalize homosexual “marriage” in England and Wales . After publishing a ringing denunciation in Britain’s Telegraph newspaper entitled “We cannot afford to indulge this madness,” the cardinal went on BBC Radio’s Today program , hosted by John Humphrys , to defend his position. Cardinal Keith O'Brien Humphrys asked O’Brien to explain his affirmation in the Telegraph that homosexual “marriage” represents “a grotesque subversion of a universally accepted human right” which would “shame the United Kingdom in the eyes of the world.” “I think if the United Kingdom does go for and supports same sex marriage, it is indeed shaming our country,” O’Brien told Humphrys. “We’re taking standards which are not just our own, but standards from the declaration on human rights of the United Nations where marriage is defined as a relationship between man and woman and turning