# Pope approves blessings for same-sex couples if they don't resemble marriage **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Tags:** breaking-news\ **Created:** [December 18, 2023, 3:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/pope-approves-blessings-for-same-sex-couples-if-they-dont-resemble-marriage/994780 "2023-12-18T15:50:14Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 4\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![BigT](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bigt/32/12044_2.png) [@BigT](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BigT)\ **Post date:** [December 19, 2023, 8:54am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/pope-approves-blessings-for-same-sex-couples-if-they-dont-resemble-marriage/994780/21 "2023-12-19T08:54:09Z")
> [@Chronos](#): > > The Pope could issue a Papal Bull tomorrow saying that gays can marry, and abortion is no problem, and birth control is encouraged, and women can be priests. But if he did so, the result wouldn’t be that the Roman Catholic Church would accept all of those things. The result would be a schism in the Church[…] Speaking of schisms, didn’t a lot of this come about because of German Catholics and the tensions there that could have led to a schism? They had some sort of assembly where they decided they could bless same sex unions? > **[Germany's Catholic Church approved blessings for same-sex couples. Is this a...](https://www.ncronline.org/opinion/guest-voices/germanys-catholic-church-approved-blessings-same-sex-couples-revolution)** > > Same-sex blessings and other reforms won't start immediately in German parishes. But the decisions of the country's Catholic bishops will have consequences far beyond Germany. ---
**Author:** ![Le\_Ministre\_de\_l\_au-dela](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/le_ministre_de_l_au-dela/32/12181_2.png) [@Le\_Ministre\_de\_l\_au-dela](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Le_Ministre_de_l_au-dela)\ **Post date:** [December 19, 2023, 3:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/pope-approves-blessings-for-same-sex-couples-if-they-dont-resemble-marriage/994780/22 "2023-12-19T15:05:02Z")
First equal marriage in Canada was performed January 14, 2001 by Rev. Brent Hawkes of the United Church. Cite - [Same-sex marriage in Canada - Wikipedia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Same-sex_marriage_in_Canada#Background) It’s cute that the pope thinks he’s being progressive… ---
**Author:** ![EinsteinsHund](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/einsteinshund/32/8400_2.png) [@EinsteinsHund](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/EinsteinsHund)\ **Post date:** [December 19, 2023, 3:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/pope-approves-blessings-for-same-sex-couples-if-they-dont-resemble-marriage/994780/23 "2023-12-19T15:29:28Z")
> [@Le\_Ministre\_de\_l\_au-dela](#): > > It’s cute that the pope thinks he’s being progressive… In his defense, I don’t believe that Francis thinks he is progressive, just decent and kind in a Christian sense to people he still thinks of as poor sinners (and that’s the bad part). The people who will call him progressive and mean it as an insult are his own traditionalist brothers in the clergy. ---
**Author:** ![Tim\_T-Bonham.net](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/46a35a/32.png) [@Tim\_T-Bonham.net](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Tim_T-Bonham.net)\ **Post date:** [December 21, 2023, 6:27am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/pope-approves-blessings-for-same-sex-couples-if-they-dont-resemble-marriage/994780/24 "2023-12-21T06:27:11Z")
> [@Gyrate](#): > > Because it’s a move in the right direction. And with the Church, any change in the right direction, no matter how small, is progress. Yas, a step. Priests all over the world are anticipating the day they can marry … their altar boys, [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/pope-approves-blessings-for-same-sex-couples-if-they-dont-resemble-marriage/994780.md?page=1)