The law, opposed by the Vatin, stops short of gay marriage but brgs Italy more le wh other Wtern European untri.
Contents:
- WHERE EUROPE STANDS ON GAY MARRIAGE AND CIVIL UNNS
- ITALY DIVID OVER EFFORT TO LEGALIZE CIVIL UNNS FOR GAYS
- ITALY APPROV GAY CIVIL UNNS AFTER LONG PARLIAMENTARY BATTLE
WHERE EUROPE STANDS ON GAY MARRIAGE AND CIVIL UNNS
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Tk4Italy's Parliament approved a bill on Wednday to legally regnize civil unns for same-sex upl, though some activists say the bill fell short of grantg full F/European Prsphoto AgencyMay 11, 2016ROME — After s of stggle by gay rights groups, and months of ntted polil negotiatns, the Italian Parliament on Wednday eveng gave fal approval to a law regnizg civil unns of same-sex vote — 372 to 51, wh 99 abstentns — was followed by long applse the Chamber of Deputi, the lower hoe of Parliament. It was also a victory for Prime Mister Matteo Renzi, who supported the every Wtern untry has legalized same-sex marriage or some form of civil unn for gays and lbians.
ITALY DIVID OVER EFFORT TO LEGALIZE CIVIL UNNS FOR GAYS
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“The wall erected mostly by the Vatin agast civil rights this untry has fallen, so is a historilly and polilly important moment, ” said Fran Grilli, the honorary print of Arcigay, an advocy group, and a gay-rights advote.
ITALY APPROV GAY CIVIL UNNS AFTER LONG PARLIAMENTARY BATTLE
Italy gay life begs a new chapter as civil unns are now a realy but there's still a lot of work to be done for Italian LGBT muny. * gay civil union italy *
“The Italian populatn metabolized the regnn of same-sex upl some time ago, ” said Chiara Saraceno, a noted soclogist who retired as a profsor of soclogy at the Universy of Tur, cg a 2009 study that nfirmed that a “wi majory” of Italians favored legal regnn of same-sex partnerships, though not gay marriage. More than 18 years after the Netherlands beme the world’s first untry to legalize same-sex marriage, Northern Ireland has bee the latt European jurisdictn to allow gays and lbians to marry. Northern Ireland is the 18th European jurisdictn to legalize gay marriage.
The Czech Republic is the only untry out of 19 surveyed Central and Eastern Europe where a majory of adults (65%) support gay marriage. The legal suatn of gay people the untry of orig and the same-sex marriage Italy. The bill talks about special procr when to required documents and the suatn of foreigners om untri where homosexualy is still illegal.
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After years of fierce bate, Italy’s parliament has given the green light for gay civil unns. Prev attempts to legalize gay unns had been stymied and fiercely ntted by nservativ and the Roman Catholic church, which holds signifint sway the natn. Belli was openly homosexual and died 2011 after losg her battle wh ncer.