Pope attacks gay marriage in Spain, gays kiss in protest

BARCELONA, Spain, (Reuters) – Pope Benedict attacked  abortion and gay marriage, recently legalised in Spain, in a  Mass to consecrate Barcelona’s iconic church in another pointed  criticism of what he called Spain’s “aggressive secularism”.

Spain’s legalisation of abortion on demand this year and gay  marriage in 2005 have stoked tensions with the Vatican but  Madrid has tried to downplay any friction during the pope’s  two-day visit.

Hundreds of gay and lesbians protested the Church’s position  by kissing publicly as the pope passed by on his way to the  fantastically embellished modernist Sagrada Familia, designed by  Antoni Gaudi and under construction for 128 years.