German Catholic Church updates its labor laws |
The Catholic Church in Germany, which employees around 800,000 people, has amended its labor laws so that individuals can no longer be fired for being in a same-sex relationship or remarrying after divorce. Previously, employees of the church could lose their jobs if they were open about being in a same-sex partnership or if they remarried after a divorce. "Explicitly, as never before, diversity in church institutions is recognized as an enrichment," the German Bishops' Conference announced, adding that "all employees can, independently of their concrete duties, their origin, their religion, their age, their disability, their sex, their sexual identity and their way of life," be representatives of a church that "serves people." |
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