German Catholic Church amends law to allow LGBTQ employees
By DW
26 November 2022 |
2:25 pm
The Church, which employees around 800,000 people in Germany, has changed its labor laws so that people can no longer be fired for being in a same-sex relationship or remarrying after divorce.
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