POPE ON CIVIL UNIONS
In a new documentary, Pope Francis called for the passage of civil-union laws for same-sex couples, a departure from the pope’s predecessors. “Homosexuals have a right to be a part of the family. They’re children of God and have a right to a family. Nobody should be thrown out, or be made miserable because of it,” Pope Francis said in the film. “What we have to create is a civil union law. That way they are legally covered,” the pope said. “I stood up for that.”
