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German federal court: give gay civil partners same tax breaks as married couples

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The Federal Constitutional Court has ruled that the country’s same-sex registered partners must be granted the same tax breaks as couples in natural marriages. In their June majority decision, six of the eight justices ruled that treating civil unions differently amounts to “unequal treatment because of sexual orientation” and that failure to guarantee equality “leads to discrimination against a minority”.  Married couples in Germany can declare their taxable incomes jointly, which results in significantly lower tax payments. The court ordered the government to enact legislation and amend relevant laws retroactive to 2001.  The German Constitutional Court In Germany, registered partnerships currently provide nearly all the same rights as natural marriage except joint adoption and full tax benefits, but the Federal Constitutional Court is slowly chipping away at the last of these differences. In February 2013, the court allowed one member of a civil partnership to adopt eith

European Parliament member promotes pedophilia as part of the sexual revolution

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April 29, 2013 ( C-FAM ) - Is there any country in the world where a prominent politician could publicly boast his sexual experiences with children aged six years and less, and still stay in office? Probably not – but the European Parliament seems to have rules of its own. The politician is Daniel Cohn-Bendit , once upon a time a protagonist of the 1968 student revolt and the Cultural Revolution that ensued, and today the leader of the “ Greens/European Free Alliance ” in the European Parliament. Daniel Cohn-Bendit In this function, Cohn-Bendit has for many years aspired to a role similar to that played by Maximilien de Robespierre during the French Revolution , holding everyone accountable for everything – including Czech President Vaclav Klaus for his euroscepticism, or Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orban for having given to his country a new Constitution that protects the family, defines marriage as a union between a man and a woman, and (the worst of all imaginable

Homosexual Marriage next Animal Marriage?

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Petluv (Photo credit: offmessage ) BERLIN, April 15, 2013 ( LifeSiteNews.com ) - A small group of men who engage in sexual activity with their pets gathered on Berlin 's Potsdamer Platz earlier this year to protest a law ratified by the upper house of parliament, the Bundesrat , that bans bestiality.   The lower house of parliament, the Bundestag , passed the legislation late last year as part of a comprehensive animal protection act that brings Germany in line with a European Union directive .   German zoophiles now face fines of up to €25,000 for all forms of sex with animals.    One of the protesters told the German newsmagazine The Local that a lobby group called ZETA ( Zoophiles Engaging for Tolerance and Enlightenment) will appeal the law on the grounds that it was promulgated by animal rights fanatics who spread false propaganda about people who have sex with animals.    “We feel like criminals. This is all because of fanatical animal rights demon

Homosexuality divides the German Church

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Image via Wikipedia According to the Bishop of Munich , homosexuals “are part of the church community and are welcome to work in the parish" What space do homosexuals have within the Catholic Church ? Ten years after the law on same sex civil unions was introduced in Germany on 1 August 2001, the question divides German bishops. On the one hand there are those who, like the Archbishop of Munich and Freising ,   Reinhard Marx , is convinced that homosexuals "are part" of the church community and are also welcome to work in the parish. On the other hand those who, like Franz-Josef Overbeck , who besides being the Bishop of Essen is also the military Bishop of the Bundeswehr ,   believes that homosexuality is "a sin.” “ All who want to participate, open up to the Gospel and join the community of the Church, are welcome ,”   Marx said, in an interview with Süddeutsche Zeitung .  “ I cannot bless a gay relationship, but I can pray for people who request it.  It wou

Texas high school student suspended for saying homosexuality is wrong

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A Christian high school student was punished by his school this week for saying he believes “being a homosexual is wrong.” 14-year-old Dakota Ary was suspended for saying he believes being a homosexual is "wrong." Dakota Ary, 14, says his statement was part of a one-on-one conversation about religions in Germany with a friend sitting behind him during a language class, according to a local  Fox News report . “I guess [the teacher] heard me. He started yelling,” said Ary. “He told me he was going to write me an infraction and send me to the office.” Holly Pope, Ary’s mother, said she was in “disbelief” over the punishment. “My son is on the honor roll with great grades. I don’t have any problems out of him,” she said. The mother was not satisfied when the school principal reduced the in-school suspension from two days to one. She brought an attorney with her to meet the principal Wednesday and is demaning a promise of no retaliation over the event and that the event be remo