German Chancellor Angela Merkel draws the line at same-sex marriage

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Angela Merkel has insisted that marriage should only be between a man and woman.

On tough issues such as terms for bailing out Greece or same-sex marriage, German Chancellor Angela Merkel is know for taking a stand. / Getty
On tough issues such as terms for bailing out Greece or same-sex marriage, German Chancellor Angela Merkel is know for taking a stand. / Getty

The German Chancellor backed equal benefits for same-sex couples – such as tax breaks – and said that while discrimination should be “eliminated” she drew a “difference” between civil partnerships and marriage.

But the committed Christian, who has been married twice, gave her personal definition of marriage as ‘a man and a woman living together’, in a YouTube interview with Florian Mundt, a YouTube known under the alias LeFloid who has a significant online following. …

Explaining further, the German leader said: “I don’t want discrimination and [I want] equality, but I make a difference at some point.”

In May, Ms Merkel ruled out introducing same-sex marriage in Germany following the referendum in Ireland. A spokesperson for the Chancellor told Reuters news agency at the time: “Today was an important milestone in dismantling discrimination and the chancellor is pleased about that… but same-sex marriages are not a goal of this government.”

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