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Belgian bishop seeks Church recognition of same-sex unions

December 29, 2014

A Belgian bishop has called for Church recognition of same-sex unions.

Bishop Johan Bonny of Antwerp told the daily De Morgen that he favored “formal recognition” of homosexual and bisexual couples. Stopping short of an endorsement for same-sex marriage, he observed that governments have offered different types of recognition for different unions, and suggested that the Church too could have “a diversity of forms of recognition” for various relationships.

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