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Thread #60592   Message #978828
Posted By: Wilfried Schaum
08-Jul-03 - 03:01 AM
Thread Name: BS: Thank you, Canada (Same-Sex Marriage)
Subject: RE: BS: Thank you, Canada (Same-Sex Marriage)
Marion - same-sex marriages are legal in Germany since last year.
The system here with all marrriages: legally important is the civil marriage in the Town Hall, afterwards you may have a ceremony in church.
With the handling of church ceremonies the churches are making differences: The Roman Catholics say strictly no, the protestants range from no to yes, including some levels of yes - but ... Here it depends on the parish and/or minister. Some do the real ceremony, some a slightly altered one.
Methinks, if a faithful couple asks for the Lord's blessing of their matrimony, it shouldn't be denied to them. This Christian attitude unfortunately is not agreed upon by all.

Wilfried