Shock As Pope Francis Endorses Gay Marriages
By Our Reporter
Pope
Francis has said that he thinks gay couples should be allowed to have
"civil unions".
He
made the comments, which observers say are his clearest remarks yet on gay
relationships, in a documentary directed by Evgeny Afineevsky.
"Homosexual
people have a right to be in a family," he said in the film, which
premiered on Wednesday.
"They
are children of God and have a right to a family. Nobody should be thrown out
or made miserable over it.
"What
we have to create is a civil union law. That way they are legally
covered."
He
added that he "stood up for that", apparently referring to his time
as Archbishop of Buenos Aires when, although opposing same-sex marriages in
law, he supported some legal protections for same-sex couples.
The
film Francesco, ...
