Montevideo, Uruguay, May 1, 2007 / 10:42 am
The bishops of Uruguay said this week a proposed law on civil unions "merits serious reflection" and that making civil unions equal to marriage, including between same-sex couples, would be "unacceptable" and would "negatively affect marriage and the family.
At the conclusion of the first Ordinary Plenary Assembly of the Uruguayan Bishops’ Conference, the bishops released a statement expressing their support, in keeping with the country’s Constitution, of "everything in legislation that favors the proper nature of the family, its identity, stability, wellbeing and everything that protects its members."
Therefore, the statement indicated, the law on civil unions "merits serious reflection," since "while it would protect the some of the rights of those are living in this situation or are affected by it, the making of civil unions equal to matrimony cannot be accepted."