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Lithuanian church attacks same-sex union law
By EUobserver
Lithuanian bishops have attacked a new bill legalising same-sex civil partnerships, while quoting Pope Francis. "The draft law on civil unions essentially proposes what Pope Francis urges us not to do — to equate de facto unions and same-sex unions with marriage. We cannot support this bill, which distorts and devalues the concepts of marriage and the family," the bishops wrote in an open letter, Reuters reports.