The Pope: In Still Catholic Shock!

"On Monday, Pope Benedict XVI gave a speech to the diplomatic corps at the Vatican at which he didn't say a single word about gay marriage. You can read the whole thing here. So why is it news? Because Reuters and, following them, many other people reported that he had denounced gay marriage as a threat to western civilisation. Philip Pullella, who is one of the very best and most experienced Vatican correspondents, led his story: "Pope Benedict said Monday that gay marriage was one of several threats to the traditional family that undermined 'the future of humanity itself'."
"So far as I can see, Pope Benedict just didn't. He did speak in favour of the family "based on the marriage of a man and woman". He did say that "policies which undermine the family threaten human dignity and the future of humanity itself". But there was no suggestion that gay marriage was the most important of these and he didn't mention it at all, whereas he did take up several other sexual issues..."

Unbelievably stupid blogpost from Andrew Brown on The Guardian, who really should know better.
How is saying "based on the marriage of a man and woman" not opposed to marriage of two dudes or two chicks?
Particularly when he's said he is opposed to gay marriage several times?
Here is the senile old Nazi saying gay marriage will end human life.
In no way is he bonkers!
Or what does he mean by statements made on Monday like, "a similarly essential role in the development of the person is played by educational institutions: these are the first instances which cooperate with the family and they can hardly function properly unless they share the same goals as the family"?
When a family is defined only as headed by a man and a woman.
FFS!

Update: On Saturday January 15th, The Guardian's Andrew Brown admitted he got this wrong and the pope was condemning same-sex marriage.