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PINK NEWS: The head of the Russian Orthodox Church, Patriarch Kirill, has said that although homosexuality is still a sin, gay people must not be discriminated against.
Kirill met with Thorbjorn Jagland, the secretary general of the Council of Europe, a pan-European human rights body.
According to Russian news agency RIA Novosti, he told Jagland: "We respect the person's free choice, including in sex relations."
Although he reiterated that the majority of religions saw homosexuality as a sin and gay marriage could not be allowed, he added: "Those who commit a sin must not be punished… And we have repeatedly spoken out against discriminating people for their nontraditional sexual orientation." >>> Jessica Geen | Wednesday, December 23, 2009
