A mayor in a northern Italian town has refused to officiate a civil union – but says his actions aren’t a “challenge” to the recently-passed law legalising same-sex unions.
“Why can’t a mayor be a conscientious objector?” asks Serafino Ferrino, mayor of Favria in Turin, home to around 5,000 people.
Ferrino, who is a practising Catholic, refused to officiate a civil union between two men in his municipality, according to local media.
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