THE COURT OF JUSTICE ORDERS THE
MUNICIPALITY TO REGISTER A GAY MARRIAGE
First
case
in
Italy.
Stephen
and
Joseph’s
s
marriage
has
just
been
legally
recognized.
Now
they
have
the
same
rights
and
duties
of
any
married
couple.
These
two
homosexual,
who
are
68
and
57
years
old,
had
got
married
in
New
York
in
December
2012,
but
up
to
now
the
Italian
law
had
prevented
them
to
legalize
their
union.
The
Court
of
Grosseto,
in
Tuscany
ordered
the
city
council
to
accept
their
requests
of
the
registration
of
their
marriage
into
the
list
of
the
Town
Hall.
Their
lawyer
has
publically
shown
his
satisfaction
and
his
pride
of
having
won
a
difficult
battle
against
prejudices
from
a
large
part
of
society.
“It
is
a
conquest
for
homosexuals”
he
said
in
an
interview,
and
reporting
Grosseto
judge’swords
he
addeed
that
“in
the
Italian
Law
there
is
no
explicit
prohibition
for
the
marriage
of
couples
with
the
same
sex,
so
it
mustn’t
be
considered
a
union
against
legislature”.
This
is
an
unprecedented
case
in
Italy
where
the
main
opposition
comes
from
the
Roman
Catholic
Church
which
is
influential
in
blocking
the
legislation
supported
by
the
left
wing
of
the
Political
parties,
and
makes
homosexuals
to
go
abroad
in
order
to
get
married.
Italy
is
one
of
the
fewest
countries
in
Europe
that
doesn’t
recognize
same
sex
civil
unions
or
marriages.
May
it
the
first
step
for
a
reformation?
The
question
is
still
open.
Mariafrancesca
Polimeno