The pope's ments support of gay civil unns did not go far enough and uld even harm the mpaign for same-sex marriage, LGBT+ rights mpaigners said on Thursday.
Contents:
- WHAT POPE FRANCIS REALLY SAID ABOUT (GAY) MARRIAGE -- AND WHAT HE DID NOT
- POPE FRANCIS LLS FOR END TO ANTI-GAY LAWS AND LGBTQ+ WELE OM CHURCH
- POPE FRANCIS WON’T BUDGE ON GAY MARRIAGE: “MARRIAGE IS MARRIAGE”
- POPE FRANCIS SAYS HOMOSEXUALY "IS NOT A CRIME," BUT GAY SEX IS "A S"
- POPE'S SUPPORT FOR GAY CIVIL UNNS SEEN AS THREAT TO SAME-SEX MARRIAGE
WHAT POPE FRANCIS REALLY SAID ABOUT (GAY) MARRIAGE -- AND WHAT HE DID NOT
The Vatin said the pope’s statements favor of civil unns for gay upl did not change church doctre. * the pope's statement on gay marriage *
Alberto Pizzoli | AFP | Getty ImagPope Francis has said that homosexuals should be protected by civil unn laws some of the cleart language he has ed on the rights of gay people sce his electn seven years ma his ments a new documentary "Franc" by Osr-nomated director Evgeny Afeevsky that was released on Wednday. "Homosexual people have a right to be a fay. I stood up for that, " he pope appeared to be referrg to when he was archbishop of Buenos Air and opposed legislatn to approve same sex marriag but supported some kd of legal protectn for the rights of gay Catholic Church teach that homosexual tennci are not sful but homosexual acts are.
POPE FRANCIS LLS FOR END TO ANTI-GAY LAWS AND LGBTQ+ WELE OM CHURCH
The Uned Stat this past June did somethg that the Catholic Church and the Vatin have for years railed agast: granted marriage equaly to s gay and lbian cizens. Yet, Pope Francis had nothg to say about . Not then and not now. * the pope's statement on gay marriage *
It teach that homosexuals should be treated wh digny but is opposed to gay bgrapher Aten Ivereigh told Rters that the pope's ments the film were some of the cleart language the pontiff has ed on the subject sce his electn 2013. "Pope Francis' clear and public support for same-sex civil unns marks a new stage the church's relatnship wh LGBTQ people, " said Father Jam Mart, a Ju prit and thor of "Buildg a Bridge, " a book about Catholic mistry to homosexuals.
""The Secretary-General has spoken out very forcefully agast homophobia favor of LGBTQ rights, that people should never persecuted or discrimated agast jt for who they love, " U. " remark about homosexuals tryg to live a Christian life, spoke a sectn of the film about Andrea Rubera, a gay man who wh his partner adopted three says the film that he went to a morng Mass the pope said his Vatin rince and gave him a letter explag his told the pope that he and his partner wanted to brg the children up as Catholics the lol parish but did not want to e any trma for the children.
Image source, RtersImage ptn, Pope Francis' statements are a parture om prev ments about LGBT rightsPope Francis has said that he thks same-sex upl should be allowed to have "civil unns" ma the ments, which observers say are his cleart remarks yet on gay relatnships, a documentary directed by Evgeny Afeevsky.
POPE FRANCIS WON’T BUDGE ON GAY MARRIAGE: “MARRIAGE IS MARRIAGE”
LGBTQ+ advot hail Pope’s rejectn of sexual orientatn as crime and ll to bishops to rist anti-gay laws as ‘tone’ * the pope's statement on gay marriage *
"Homosexual people have a right to be a fay, " he said the film, which premiered on Wednday.
" He add that he "stood up for that", apparently referrg to his time as Archbishop of Buenos Air when, although opposg same-sex marriag law, he supported some legal protectns for same-sex film Franc, about the life and work of Pope Francis, premiered as part of the Rome Film well as the Pope's ments on civil unns, the film also shows him enuragg two gay men to attend church wh their three Francis's bgrapher, Aten Ivereigh, told the BBC he was "not surprised" by the latt ments.
But he believed the church should advote for a civil unn law for gay upl to give them legal protectn. "Unr current Catholic doctre, gay relatnships are referred to as "viant behavur" 2003, the Vatin's doctral body, the Congregatn for the Doctre of the Fah, said that "rpect for homosexual persons nnot lead any way to approval of homosexual behavur or to legal regnn of homosexual unns" words but no sign of doctral changeThe remarks have set tongu waggg among Vatin-watchers - and they mark Francis's cleart support for the issue sce beg Pope. As archbishop of Buenos Air before beg Pope, he was a stnch opponent of gay marriage, which was legalised Argenta 2010, and stead advoted civil unns for homosexual upl.
POPE FRANCIS SAYS HOMOSEXUALY "IS NOT A CRIME," BUT GAY SEX IS "A S"
What has he said about homosexualy the past?
Every person needs a male father and a female mother that n help them shape their inty" ptn, "If a person is gay and seeks God and has good will, who am I to judge?
POPE'S SUPPORT FOR GAY CIVIL UNNS SEEN AS THREAT TO SAME-SEX MARRIAGE
"That same year, he reaffirmed the Church's posn that homosexual acts were s, but said homosexual orientatn was not. "If a person is gay and seeks God and has good will, who am I to judge?
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