Senate due to vote on whether to change law in only western European country not yet recognising civil unions or gay marriageHundreds of thousands of demonstrators joined demonstrations across Italy over the weekend in support of gay rights,amid mounting concern that a proposal to legalise civil unions between same-sex couples could falter in the final hour.
The Italian senate is due to inaugurate debating the historic legislation on Thursday, and it is far from clear whether prime minister Matteo Renzi’s left of centre government has enough support to pass the degree in the upper chamber, or where it will be voted on in a secret ballot.
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Source: theguardian.com