<p>Pope Francis says in a new film released on Wednesday that homosexuals should be protected by civil union laws, in some of the clearest language he has used on the rights of gays.</p>.<p>"Homosexual people have a right to be in a family. They are children of God and have a right to a family. Nobody should be thrown out or be made miserable over it," he says in the documentary <em>Francesco</em>.</p>.<p>"What we have to create is a civil union law. That way they are legally covered. I stood up for that," he said.</p>
<p>Pope Francis says in a new film released on Wednesday that homosexuals should be protected by civil union laws, in some of the clearest language he has used on the rights of gays.</p>.<p>"Homosexual people have a right to be in a family. They are children of God and have a right to a family. Nobody should be thrown out or be made miserable over it," he says in the documentary <em>Francesco</em>.</p>.<p>"What we have to create is a civil union law. That way they are legally covered. I stood up for that," he said.</p>