The main center-left Italian party that forms the majority of
the Italian Government has abandoned its proposal to allow homosexuals to adopt
their same-sex partner’s children because of strong protests from pro-family
Italians. The proposal was part of a
proposed civil unions bill.
The
adoption provision was opposed by the influential Catholic Church, pro-family
activists and by the conservative political parties, including the center-right
party that is the junior member of the coalition government. There was even a significant contingent of
Catholic Members of Parliament from the ruling center-left party who opposed
the measure.
Defenders of the family were
concerned that same-sex civil unions would be the equivalent of marriage, an
institution which is in the Italian constitution, as they recognized marriage
as the foundation of society. A larger
concern was that because homosexual adoptions would undermine the right of
children to have a mother and a father, it could lead to the legalization of
surrogate motherhood, an anti-family practice most Italians find
appalling.
The victory by pro-family forces in
Italy should provide
encouragement to those who defend the family elsewhere in Western
Europe and even beyond.
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