“It would impose on society a virus, something false, which will have negative consequences for social life.” — Juan Antonio Martinez Camino, Secretary and Spokesman for the Bishops Conference of Spain, commenting on the Spanish government’s plans to pass a bill that would allow same-sex marriage.  

In contrast, the socialist Spanish Prime Minister Jose Luis Rodriguez Zapatero has stated his belief that same-sex marriage is a feature of a “modern and tolerant society,” and the bill permitting such marriages is likely to be passed by the cabinet this week.  

Mimi Hanaoka