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Fri 05 May 2008Calls for church to recognise same-sex unions
THE SACRAMENT of marriage should not apply to same-sex couples but they should be allowed to have civil partnerships that are recognised by the church, a recently retired Church of Ireland bishop and a senior Catholic theologist both told a conference on same-sex marriage yesterday.
Most Rev Michael Mayes, recently retired Anglican Bishop of Limerick and Killaloe, said while he had no problem with the recognition by society and the church of intimate, stable, same-sex relationships, he still had a difficulty with the use of the word marriage.
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