| Series Title | The Local.it |
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| Series Details | 24.01.16 |
| Publication Date | 24/01/2016 |
| Content Type | News |
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Italian advocates of civil union for gays and lesbians protested in some 90 cities on the 24 January 2016, demanding legal recognition in the traditionally Catholic nation. Italy's Senate was due to have a law change debate on the 28 January 2016 as they discussed a proposed new bill. The bill would enable gay people to commit to one another before a state official and, in certain circumstances, adopt each other's children and inherit residual pension rights. Italy was the only major Western European country not to have enacted civil union legislation allowing same-sex couples to have their relationships acknowledged and protected in law. Supporters for the bill said that Italy had no choice this time but to change, pointing to repeated complaints from the European Court of Human Rights. But opponents hoped that a 'Family Day' protest in Rome on the 30 January 2016, backed by the Catholic Church, would halt the proposed legislation. Euro|Topics and other news sources reported on the 25 February 2016 that after months of wrangling and huge rallies on both sides, Italian Prime Minister Matteo Renzi was determined to push through legal recognition of same-sex unions. He had announced that a vote that day in the Italian Senate on amended legislation for gay civil unions would be a confidence vote. Gay rights groups voiced anger arguing that the amended bill had been diluted too much. The watered down bill was passed by 173 for it to 71 against it. |
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| Source Link | http://www.thelocal.it/20160124/huge-gay-rights-rallies-in-italy |
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| Countries / Regions | Italy |
