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Milan mayor investigated for registering same-sex marriages
Source: The Guardian
Milan mayor investigated for registering same-sex marriages
Giuliano Pisapia may face charges after using loophole through
which Italy’s liberal mayors have recognised gay marriages
carried out abroad
Rosie Scammell in Rome
The Guardian, Sunday 18 January 2015 14.05 GMT
In the latest blow to gay rights in Italy, the mayor of Milan is facing criminal charges for registering same-sex marriages carried out abroad.
Giuliano Pisapia announced on Saturday he was being investigated for rejecting demands made by Italy’s interior minister, Angelino Alfano, to cancel the registrations at Milan city hall. “I respect everyone’s opinion on gay marriages, but the law dictates the registration of marriages that are legitimately carried out abroad,” Pisapia wrote on Facebook.
The mayor did not specify who had brought the charges against him but called on fellow centre-left politicians and the prime minister, Matteo Renzi, to revoke Alfano’s writ, which the mayor argued was violating the law.
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Giuliano Pisapia may face charges after using loophole through
which Italy’s liberal mayors have recognised gay marriages
carried out abroad
Rosie Scammell in Rome
The Guardian, Sunday 18 January 2015 14.05 GMT
In the latest blow to gay rights in Italy, the mayor of Milan is facing criminal charges for registering same-sex marriages carried out abroad.
Giuliano Pisapia announced on Saturday he was being investigated for rejecting demands made by Italy’s interior minister, Angelino Alfano, to cancel the registrations at Milan city hall. “I respect everyone’s opinion on gay marriages, but the law dictates the registration of marriages that are legitimately carried out abroad,” Pisapia wrote on Facebook.
The mayor did not specify who had brought the charges against him but called on fellow centre-left politicians and the prime minister, Matteo Renzi, to revoke Alfano’s writ, which the mayor argued was violating the law.
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Read more: http://www.theguardian.com/world/2015/jan/18/milan-mayor-same-sex-marriage-giuliano-pisapia-italy
