Tag Archives: Italy

ANSA Politics reports: Italy’s Lower House on Wednesday approved a motion on same-sex civil unions promoted by the Democratic Party. It was the first such motion from any party to gain the approval of MPs in the Lower House after several other motions were rejected. The motion commits the government “to promote the adoption of a law on civil unions, …

Details. (Tipped by JMG reader Daddy Ray)

Yesterday I reported that Italy’s neo-Nazi New Front Party planned to hold a burning of LGBT children’s books in a central plaza in Milan. Local activists had demanded that city authorities stop the event and that may have happened. Not stopped, however, was a large counter-protest by LGBT activists and allies, who this afternoon staged a public reading of numerous …

Two days after a civil unions bill advanced in the Italian Senate, tomorrow Italy’s neo-Nazi New Front Party will stage a public burning of LGBT children’s books in Milan. Local progressives are demanding that city authorities step in to stop the event. Members of the Democratic Party are outraged: “Burning books with a theme of homosexuality was a typical behavior …

By a vote of 14-8 Italy’s Senate Judiciary Committee today advanced a civil unions bill that would also allow gay couples to adopt each others’ children and visit each other in the hospital. Outside adoptions by same-sex couples would remain banned. Same-sex marriages conducted legally in foreign countries would be recognized domestically as civil unions. The bill is opposed by …

Via the National Catholic Reporter: Pope Francis reportedly will have lunch Saturday with about 90 prisoners, including 10 from a prison ward for transgender and gay prisoners and those who suffer from AIDS, as part of a visit to the southern Italian city of Naples. The prisoners won their spots after a raffle among some 1,900 detainees, according to a …

(Tipped by JMG reader Eric)

“The minds behind the world-famous D&G brand have been creating more controversy than clothing lately, as the duo comes clean about their surprisingly conservative views. As expected, celebrities have turned on the pair with a ferocity that took the Italians by surprise. Singer Elton John has been the most vocal, calling Dolce and Gabbana’s thinking ‘archaic’ and demanding a Tinsel …

Embattled billionaire designers Dolce and Gabbana took to CNN this morning for some damage control. In an exclusive interview on Wednesday, Dolce said his views on IVF were private, personal beliefs based on his sense of a traditional Sicilian family. “I believe in the traditional family,” he said. “It is impossible to change my culture for something different. It’s me… …

They may be trying to walk back their anti-LGBT comments in the press, but yesterday Stefano Gabbana took to Instagram to compare their situation to Charlie Hebdo. Not incidentally, the #BoycottDolceGabbana hashtag is trending at  #1 in the United States at this writing. (Tipped by JMG reader John)

Hate group leader Austin Ruse writes at Breitbart: Domenico Dolce and Stefano Gabbana, founders of the eponymous fashion house, have come out strongly against gay marriage, the notion of gay families, and the use of surrogacy to procreate. The billionaire pair, who used to be romantically linked, gave an interview with the Italian magazine Panorama, in which they said, “The …

You can see the mocking responses and memes here and here. The Italian government is taking the threat seriously. In the wake of the threat, Italian security chiefs have approved plans to put 4,800 soldiers on the country’s streets and ‘sensitive sites’ to prevent terrorist attacks. Reports claim 500 will be deployed in Rome – where soldiers are already guarding …

Pop opera trio Il Volo won Italy’s Eurovision contest last weekend and since I’m not finding a clip of that performance, below is the rather odd production clip for their entry, which already has over 6M views and has spawned a viral parody. So far about half of the competing nations have selected this year’s winners and with the slight …

Via ANSA: Italy’s highest appeals court on Monday rejected same-sex marriage, saying there was nothing in the Constitution that requires the government to extend marriage rights to gays. However, the Cassation Court added that homosexuals have the right to a “protective” law that would ensure same-sex couples have the same rights as unmarried Italian couples. Neither same-sex marriage nor civil …

(Tipped by JMG reader Andrea)

“At last Rome has adopted a register of civil unions. It is a long-awaited result which puts our city more and more in the forefront of the rights of individuals and the recognition of emotional ties, stable and durable. Today the capital of Italy gives the signal that, in this city, love is the same for everyone. So I want …

Via Reuters: An Italian court has for the first time recognised the legal status of a child born to a gay couple in a ruling, made public on Wednesday, that challenges the country’s official stance on marriage only being between a man and a woman. Italy, where the Roman Catholic church still has a great influence on politics, does not …