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Wednesday 15 August 2012
Gay Catholics disappointed by Assumption prayer
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By Thomas Lowe

Today is Assumption, a key date in the Catholic calendar. This year, a "prayer for France" will be said in churches across the country. It will focus on the importance of marriage between a man and a woman and urges the new Socialist government to think carefully before introducing new marital and adoption rights for same-sex couples. But at a Catholic gay and lesbian prayer meeting there was a different vision of the day.

tags : Catholic - Church - France - Religion - Same-sex union
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