Germany currently gives same sex couples rights through registered life partnerships (Eingetragene Lebenspartnerschaft). These partnerships do not provide the full rights of marriage. In 2013, the Federal Constitutional Court ruled that gays and lesbians should be allowed to adopt children already adopted by their partners.
73% Yes |
27% No |
70% Yes |
22% No |
2% Yes, but allow churches the right to refuse same-sex ceremonies |
4% No, allow civil unions but don’t call it marriage |
1% Take the government out of marriage and instead make it a religious decision |
1% No, marriage should be defined as between a man and woman |
See how support for each position on “Gay Marriage” has changed over time for 83.8k Germany voters.
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See how importance of “Gay Marriage” has changed over time for 83.8k Germany voters.
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Unique answers from Germany users whose views extended beyond the provided choices.
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Do what you want. But dont get marriage benefits like reduced taxes and so on
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Substitute marriage with a partnership arrangement
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No, but we should also abolish legal marriages and legitimatize religious marriages.
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I don’t care, do whatever you want
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Non religious marriage should be legal for everyone. Same sex marriage is not allowed in every religion
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No, and punish all who violate the law
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The Vatican’s recent declaration allowing the blessing of same-sex couples caused a stir around the globe, but perhaps most of all in Africa, a rising center of the Roman Catholic Church’s future. In one statement after the next, bishops in several countries spoke of the fear and confusion the declaration has caused among their flocks, and said it was out of step with the continent’s culture and values.“In our African context, while recognizing the confusion existing in the more developed countries of new, unchristian models of ‘conjugal union’ and ‘styles of life,’ we are very clear on what a family and marriage is,” said a statement from the Kenya Conference of Catholic Bishops.“Let’s face facts: There is a lot of homophobia in Africa,” Father Pollitt said.How the controversy over the blessing of same-sex couples plays out in the long run in Africa remains an open question. Some analysts say there may end up being very little tension, primarily because few gay couples are expected to actually ask for blessings.
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The Vatican said Monday that Pope Francis had allowed priests to bless same-sex couples, his most definitive step yet to make the Roman Catholic Church more welcoming to L.G.B.T.Q. Catholics and more reflective of his vision of a more pastoral, and less rigid, church.The Vatican had long said it could not bless same-sex couples because it would undermine church doctrine that marriage is only between a man and a woman.But the new rule made clear that a blessing of a same-sex couple was not the same as a marriage sacrament, a formal ceremonial rite. It also stressed that it was not blessing the relationship, and that, to avoid confusion, blessings should not be imparted during or connected to the ceremony of a civil or same-sex union, or when there are “any clothing, gestures or words that are proper to a wedding.”
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The Supreme Court's refusal to legalise same-sex marriage has dashed the hopes of India's LGBTQ+ people.
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