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Code: ZE03082902
Date: 2003-08-29
Homosexual Couples "Are Not Family," Says Vatican Official
BUENOS AIRES, AUG. 29, 2003 (Zenit.org).- Homosexual couples
cannot be considered as "family" in the proper sense of the term,
says the president of the Pontifical Council for Justice and Peace.
Commenting on the law of civil unions of homosexuals in
force in Buenos Aires for the past few weeks, Archbishop Renato
Martino said: "They can call it what they wish, but that is not
family."
"Children need a father and a mother, and that is
the general rule," Archbishop Martino explained during a visit in
Argentina, in statements to the Catholic agency AICA.
If same-sex couples
were to adopt children, he asked: "Where would the role of the
absent father or mother be?"
"We know precisely by the
Declaration of Human Rights that the family is the basic cell of
society and, as such, must be protected," the archbishop said. "Many
times, it is destroyed by divorce, but that is not the rule. Even in
these situations of emergency, when the family breaks down,
provision must be made for the education of children, who need a
father and a mother."
He added: "No program for development
can be made if the needs of the family and its essence are not kept
in mind."
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