Rome parents fight back against Father’s Day ban for children with ‘two mommies’
Giuseppina La Delfa, who chairs Famiglie Arcobaleno ("Rainbow families") group, demonstrating before the "National conference on family" in Milan, November, 8-10 2010. Picture by Giovanni Dall'Orto, November 8, 2010). (Photo credit: Wikipedia ) ROME , March 20, 2014 ( LifeSiteNews.com ) – A municipality of Rome has proposed to ban the observance of Father’s Day in Ugo Bartolomei kindergarten in cases where a child might come from a lesbian same-sex family . The decision by Rome’s Municipality II has raised the ire of parents, a large group of whom launched a complaint at city hall. The municipal commissioner has agreed, saying, “I feel I share the disappointment of these families.” Councillor Gloria Pasquali of the municipal education policies office, said, “It is not a matter of despising someone, but I do not think it is correct to change the schedule of school activities.” She added that Fathers’ Day could be considered educational “for those with no