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Reuters
Reuters
Politics
Andrius Sytas

Lithuanian bishops call for scrapping of same-sex partnership bill

FILE PHOTO: People march in a pared-down LGBT Pride parade protesting against lack of recognition for transgender people in Vilnius, Lithuania July 11, 2020. REUTERS/Andrius Sytas/File Photo

Lithuanian bishops have called on politicians to vote down proposed same-sex partnership legislation, quoting words used by Pope Francis to argue that civil unions distort the concept of marriage and family.

Lithuania's parliament last month voted to accept for further debate a draft bill legalizing same-sex civil partnerships, after voting down a similar bill in May 2021.

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