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Italian Communist Party Proposes Gay 'Marriage'

ROME, February 17, 2005 (LifeSiteNews.com) – Italy’s Communist Party proposed the legalization of same-sex “marriage” as part of party policy for the country’s opposition Union coalition, comprised of Communist, Margherita, Udeur and other liberal parties.

Party secretary Oliviero Diliberto, along with fellow Communist Katia Belillo, made the announcement at negotiations to establish the opposition Union’s platform before impending elections set for later this year.

Despite opposition leader Romano Prodi’s already-voiced disagreement with the proposal, Diliberto feels the Union must move further left.

“We have to state Article 3 of the Constitution in a modern sense, updating rights starting with sexual orientation,” Diliberto claimed. Article 3 of the Italian constitution deals with equality, stating that “all citizens have equal social status…” regardless of race, sex, or religion. The clause does not include sexual orientation.

Diliberto favours not only inclusion of the term “sexual orientation” into the constitution, but also proposes same-sex “marriage” as another so-called right.

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