Quote by Joseph Ratzinger
Above all, we must have great respect for these people who also su

Above all, we must have great respect for these people who also suffer and who want to find their own way of correct living. On the other hand, to create a legal form of a kind of homosexual marriage, in reality, does not help these people. – Joseph Ratzinger

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Standards of conduct appropriate to civil society or the workings of a democracy cannot be purely and simply applied to the Church. – Joseph Ratzinger

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Society
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The fact that the church is convinced of not having the right to confer priestly ordination on women is now considered by some as irreconcilable with the European Constitution. – Joseph Ratzinger

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Women
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A just laicism allows religious freedom. The state does not impose religion but rather gives space to religions with a responsibility toward civil society, and therefore it allows these religions to be factors in building up society. – Joseph Ratzinger

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Ive been working at performing for five years now. Ive been working in Australia and Spain and England. When I was only 15 or 16, 1 was performing in bars I could have had legal problems, but its also the only way to get to know what music is all about. – Andy Gibb

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However saying that I totally support the concept of civil partnerships in the eyes of the law, and think it a disgrace that same sex couples have had to wait so long for legal rights, protection and recognition. – Adam Rickitt

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A lawyer who does not know men is handicapped. – William Dunbar

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Deceive not thy physician, confessor, nor lawyer. – George Herbert

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