For the first time, same-sex couples were allowed to be blessed in Zurich. A milestone, says pastor Meinrad Furrer.
Posted today at 6:52 am—
–Eli Santos (left) and Jill Nussbaumer, 28 and 27, after having been blessed by the Catholic pastor Meinrad Furrer.
Photo: Boris Müller
Shortly after 4 p.m., the time had come for Eli Santos and Jill Nussbaumer. The elegantly dressed couple, 28 and 27 years old, walked hand in hand up the stairs to the pavilion on the Platzspitz. The Catholic pastor Meinrad Furrer awaited them there in a lithurgical garb. He wore a mask the colors of the rainbow on his face.
The couple sit down on a bench, Furrer spreads his arms and said: “Today we are celebrating love in the presence of God.” Furrer prayed and quoted from the Bible. When the couple went back down the stairs after the ten-minute ceremony, the audience applauded.
