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hrmjustin

(71,265 posts) Sat May 16, 2015, 08:44 PM May 2015

Germany's Catholic Church Just Took An Amazing Step For LGBT And Remarried Catholics

Carol Kuruvilla

The Catholic Church in Germany is taking a stand for its remarried, lesbian, and gay employees.

More than two-thirds of Germany’s 27 Roman Catholic dioceses voted in favor of relaxing the morality clauses in employee contracts, a church spokesman confirmed to Reuters on Tuesday.

The change means that getting remarried after a divorce or being part of a same-sex union is no longer grounds for automatic dismissal from a job at a church institution.

http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2015/05/15/german-catholic-bishops-lgbt_n_7287128.html?utm_hp_ref=religion

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