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"Largest Swiss Diocese Endorses Civil Marriage Equality, Blessings For Same-Gender Couples"
"The diocese of Basel, Switzerland, has expressed approval for political efforts to legalize so-called same-sex marriages in the country for the good of children being raised by homosexual partners.
Hansruedi Huber, the director of communications for the diocese of Basel, recently expressed the diocese's welcome of proposed regulations that would legalize so-called same-sex marriage and distinguished between Church blessings and Church weddings: 'We welcome the proposed regulations that give homosexual partnerships a stable and reliable legal coverage. It is important to us that children who grow up in same-sex partnerships receive a legal framework that serves the best interests of the child.'
Huber expressed the diocese's willingness to bless such unions based on a distinction between a wedding and a blessing: 'These must differ in content and form from the church wedding.' He did not elaborate on the details of that difference.
Markus Burri, a deacon in the diocese and member of the Conference of Pastoral Managers (Konferenz der Leitungspersonen der Pastoralräume), said that one must stick with the guidelines of the diocese, which he does not think omits blessing homosexual couples: 'Basically, I am convinced that there is nothing wrong with blessing people on their own life path...'...
Bishop Felix Gmür, local ordinary of the diocese of Basel, who thinks the Church needs to accept a broader understanding of family, said in a 2015 statement that he accepted homosexual persons without reservation: 'As a bishop, I feel responsible for all people ― regardless of their background, education or sexual orientation. For me that means that I — like everyone else — accept homosexual people unreservedly.'...
Church Militant reached out to Huber to clarify if the diocese of Basel affirms or denies the Catholic Church's teaching on homosexual acts being intrinsically evil but received no response as of press time."
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