# Pope calls for civil union laws for same-sex couples: Homosexual people have the right to be in a family **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [October 21, 2020, 4:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/pope-calls-for-civil-union-laws-for-same-sex-couples-homosexual-people-have-the-right-to-be-in-a-family/923512 "2020-10-21T16:05:27Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 1\ **Showing post:** 10
**Author:** ![LSLGuy](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/lslguy/32/5813_2.png) [@LSLGuy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/LSLGuy)\ **Post date:** [October 22, 2020, 7:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/pope-calls-for-civil-union-laws-for-same-sex-couples-homosexual-people-have-the-right-to-be-in-a-family/923512/10 "2020-10-22T19:29:19Z")
Here is a nearly identical thread in IMHO. I’ve notified the mods for possible combination of both or closure of one. This thread in the correct forum for news and has a much more descriptive title than does the other one. > [@Pope Francis is a Living Saint](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/pope-francis-is-a-living-saint/923567): > > In case you didn’t hear, he is endorsing gay civil unions. He actually already supported this in his home country. So now other Christians can’t rub their homophobia in our faces anymore. Because last time I checked, Catholics were Christians. And as people like to point out, they do have a majority on the Supreme Court too. Seriously though, this is always what I liked about religion, especially the Catholic one I was brought up in. Compassion, mercy–and social justice. Does anyone else agre… --- _[View the full topic](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/pope-calls-for-civil-union-laws-for-same-sex-couples-homosexual-people-have-the-right-to-be-in-a-family/923512)._