Church is in a fix over gay marriage issue
Church is in a fix over gay marriage issue Camil Parkhe Saturday, 22 July 2017 goo.gl/Kt8QKE The Roman Catholic Church, which claims following of 1.2 billion people, cannot play the role of a mute spectator as more nations change their laws to allow same sex people to enter into matrimonial alliance. Last week, yet another predominantly Roman Catholic nation, Malta in western Europe, has voted to legalise same sex marriage. This has increased worries for the Catholic Church, which is facing tremendous pressure to change its opposition to same sex relationship and gay marriages. Only a fortnight back, the lower house of Parliament in Germany too had voted in favour of same sex marriage. The passage of the bill became possible after Chancellor Angela Merkel relaxed her Christian Democrats party’s opposition to same-sex marriage and allowed her party’s lawmake...