Germany's Catholic Church Just Took An Amazing Step For LGBT And Remarried Catholics
Posted: 05/15/2015 11:15 am EDT
Carol.Kuruvilla@huffingtonpost.com
The Catholic Church in Germany is taking a stand for its remarried, lesbian, and gay employees.
More than two-thirds of Germanys 27 Roman Catholic dioceses voted in favor of relaxing the morality clauses in employee contracts, a church spokesman confirmed to Reuters on Tuesday.
The change means that getting remarried after a divorce or being part of a same-sex union is no longer grounds for automatic dismissal from a job at a church institution.
In the past, such violations of the morality clause have been often ignored by church officials, the National Catholic Register reports. Officially changing the labor law will allow the church to show German Catholics that it is adapting to modern lifestyles.
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2015/05/15/german-catholic-bishops-lgbt_n_7287128.html
https://www.ncregister.com/daily-news/german-bishops-to-allow-employees-in-same-sex-unions-civil-remarriages-to-k/
http://www.reuters.com/article/2015/05/06/us-germany-catholic-reform-idUSKBN0NR17720150506