Minister Calls Contribution of Church “Inacceptable and Dispensable” in Public Debate

Country: Austria

Date of incident: June 4, 2013

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In the public debate on stepchild adoption for homosexual couples, Mrs. Gabriele Heinisch-Hosek, minister for women’s affairs, calls the contribution of the Catholic Church “inacceptable and dispensable”. In German: “Die Wortmeldungen aus Kirchenkreisen sind in diesem Zusammenhang inakzeptabel und entbehrlich."

source:
http://www.ots.at/presseaussendung/OTS_20130604_OTS0206/heinisch-hosek-stiefkindadoption-fuer-homosexuelle-paare-im-ministerrat-beschlossen