Pope Francis is calling for same-sex couples to be “legally” protected by civil union laws. “Homosexuals have a right to be a part of the family,” the Pope says in a new documentary, Catholic News Agency reports. “They’re children of God and have a right to a family.
Nobody should be thrown out, or be made miserable because of it.” Later, Pope Francis defended his remarks in the film, saying, “What we have to create is a civil union law.
That way they are legally covered.” “I stood up for that,” he added. The Pope said nothing about the morality of same-sex relationships, which the Catholic Church still vehemently opposes.