Same-Sex civil unions in Italy: Historical betrayal by Catholic politicians
The approval of homosexual pseudo-marriage in the Senate on February 25th 2016, with 173 in favor, 71 against and 76 abstentions is the last stage in the process of dissolution of Italian society which began with the introduction of divorce (1970), then the legalization of abortion (1978) and has as its next, imminent step, the legalization of euthanasia. With that in mind, we understand the exaltation of the secular press: “In the long and tortuous history of sexual liberation in Italy – writes Francesco Merlo in “ La Repubblica ”, February 26th – this law has the same epochal importance as the law on divorce and the law that regulates abortion”. What these three events have in common is an act of betrayal committed by men in Catholic government. Divorce passed under a centre-left government presided over by the Christian Democrat , Emilio Colombo . Abortion was passed by a Christian Democrat government, presided over by Giulio Andreotti . The Christian Democrats were brought...