![]() ![]() TheJournal.ie supports the work of the Press Council of Ireland and the Office of the Press Ombudsman, and our staff operate within the Code of Practice. © AFP, 2014 Read: Gay couple claim they were threatened by bus driver for kissing > Some mayors have vowed to defy the order, including Rome’s Ignazio Marino, who registered 16 gay marriages on Saturday. The government has no plans to follow other European countries by according homosexuals the right to marry, which a majority of Italians oppose.Ī number of towns and cities have registered the marriages of gay couples married outside of Italy but Interior Minister Angelino Alfano ordered them to stop the practice earlier this month, saying it had no legal basis. Prime Minister Matteo Renzi has promised to introduce legislation to allow gay couples to have legally-enshrined partnerships by January. The Sentries movement staged prayer vigil-style demonstrations in dozens of towns and cities on October 5 over government plans to authorise civil unions for same-sex couples.Ĭounter-demonstrations led to scuffles and arrests in a number of cities but no charges were brought. The Perugia case comes against a background of heightened tensions in Italy over the treatment of same-sex couples. ![]() The activists’ actions are clearly protected by their right to peaceful protest.
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