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DonViejo

(60,536 posts) Tue Jul 21, 2015, 01:42 PM Jul 2015

Italy breaches human rights by blocking gay marriage: European court

Source: AGENCE FRANCE-PRESSE

A European court ruled Tuesday that Italy breached the human rights of three gay couples by refusing them marriage or any other recognised form of union.

“The legal protection currently available to same-sex couples in Italy … did not only fail to provide for the core needs relevant to a couple in a stable committed relationship, but it was also not sufficiently reliable,” the European Court of Human Rights said in its judgement.

Italy is alone among major western European states in having no provisions for the official recognition of homosexual couples.

Draft legislation that would authorise civil unions for them is currently blocked in the Senate. The three couples argued that they suffered discrimination on the basis of sexual orientation.

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Read more: http://www.rawstory.com/2015/07/italy-breaches-human-rights-by-blocking-gay-marriage-european-court/

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Italy breaches human rights by blocking gay marriage: European court (Original Post) DonViejo Jul 2015 OP

Not surprising to me. A dysfunctional society, IMO. closeupready Jul 2015 #1

Most of the Italians are not beholden to medieval social mores. Betty Karlson Jul 2015 #3

the pope won't like this nt msongs Jul 2015 #2

I don't care what the pope thinks Betty Karlson Jul 2015 #4

Send him back to Vatican City. mwooldri Jul 2015 #5

closeupready

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1. Not surprising to me. A dysfunctional society, IMO.

Reply to DonViejo (Original post)

Tue Jul 21, 2015, 01:50 PM

Jul 2015

And not just for gay people. I love the food and the architecture and the art and clothing, but I do NOT like their medieval social mores.

Most people who have been to Italy likely would understand what I mean.