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Posted on 07/16/2015 2:51:30 PM PDT by 2ndDivisionVet
German Chancellor Angela Merkel has revealed she is opposed to gay marriage and believes matrimony should be restricted to just heterosexual couples.
The twice-married Christian said that while she believes anti-gay discrimination must be 'eliminated', she draws the line at same sex marriage because there has to be 'a difference at some point'.
The revelations came during a 30-minute YouTube interview with German social media star Florian Mundt, also known as LeFloid, who pressed Merkel on why she refused to support gay marriage but happily endorsed equal benefits and tax breaks for same-sex couples.
Speaking during the show, Merkel said: 'I'm someone who is very supportive of us eliminating all discrimination. We have come a long way; when I remember, 25 years ago, many people didn't dare to say that they are gay or lesbian.
But the German Chancellor went on to say: 'For me, personally, marriage is a man and a woman living together. That is my concept, but I support civil partnerships... [I want] equality, but I make a difference at some point,' she added.
'I am for registered civil partnerships. I am for our not having any discrimination in tax legislation. And wherever we still find discrimination, we will continue to dismantle it,' she went on to say according to German broadcaster Deutsche Welle....
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She’s got more balls than any other Western Leader.
If she were American every Fortune 500 company would be falling all over themselves to denounce and cut ties with her.
Good on Angela
Danke Frau Merkel.
Same sex marriage votes:
Erkel—yes.
Merkel—no.
Yes but she makes a distinction without a difference.
Giving something a different title does not change the substance of it. If someone Changed Angela’s name to, say, Hildegard, she would still be the same person. If all you are doing is protecting a word/title, you are wasting your time. It is the substance of it that matters. If you call denying the substance “discrimination” then you have lost the battle. Usually those who make that distinction are closeted supporters of homo marriage but think it is politically to their advantage to deny it.
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Actually, that one poor button seems to be holding the line.
I like that.
She’s pretty much a communist and she says this?
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