Italy’s parliament began debating a civil union bill for gay couples on Wednesday, kicking off a hotly-awaited rights battle championed by Premier Matteo Renzi but expected to drag on for months.
The country is the last major state in western Europe not to legally recognise and protect homosexual couples, and Renzi had promised a law would be passed by the end of the year — a deadline now looking a bit tight.
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It’s about time – Italy is very very far behind – while Scandinavian’s discussed same-sex unions bill in the 1990’s – Norway got it in 1993 and was abolished in 2009 – when same-sex marriage became legally in Norway.
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