A same-sex relationship is a relationship between persons of the same sex and can take many forms, from romantic and sexual, to non-romantic homosocially-close relationships. The term is primarily associated with gay relationships. Same-sex marriage refers to the institutionalized recognition of such relationships in the form of a marriage; civil unions may exist in countries where same-sex marriage does not.
The Church of St Benedict in the southern German city of Munich is planning a service to bless a homosexual couple on Sunday in defiance of Catholic Church teaching as recently underlined by the Vatican."It was not so easy to ... .
Under the motto "love wins," the Church of St. Benedict in Munich is one of four in Bavaria set to defy the Vatican and bless same-sex relationships ... .
A church in Germany has held the first of several historic Masses across the country to bless homosexual couples in the coming week, in defiance of a Vatican decree clarifying that such blessings are banned in the Catholic Church."The heavens ... .
Catholic churches in the southern German state of Bavaria are set to hold services on Sunday to bless same-sex couples, local media reported ... Benedict in Munich, and three churches in Würzburg, comes in spite of Vatican teachings that the Catholic Church should not bless same-sex relationships.
Churches across Germany are planning services to bless same-sex couples this week, in defiance of a Vatican decree clarifying that such blessings are banned in the ... By signing, the roughly 2,600 signatories declared their willingness to continue blessing same-sex couples.
It means that same-sex couples involving a partner from a nation or area in which same-sex marriage is illegal — such as Macau — cannot marry in Taiwan or have a marriage conducted in a third nation legally recognized ... couples in Taiwan have found themselves in the same situation.
May 4—In front of a hilltop cottage at the very southern rim of Noe Valley are the initials "P.L." and "D.M." scratched into the cement. Until Tuesday, the letters carved into the sidewalk were the only indication that the low-slung ... .
COLUMBUS, Ohio – An effort is underway in the Ohio Senate to revive a part of Gov. Mike DeWine’s budget recommendations that would change how to describe a couple seeking to legally adopt children, recognizing that gay Ohioans adopt each ... .