Bologna, October 15, 2014 – “We should be thrilled that cyclically, every two or three weeks, the topic of same-sex unions becomes the headline story of the most important national newspapers. It's a shame that each time the announcement has been contradicted by the facts.” Flavio Romani, president of Arcigay, comments on the newspaper “La Repubblica”'s preview of the bill on civil unions that the government is expected to approve in a few days. ”The deadline was September,” Romani recalls, “then came the cold shower of a thousand days, now we're being told (though it's not the prime minister who actually speaks up) that the law will be passed within two weeks. Are you still announcing? Another scoop destined to end in nothing?” "Of course," Romani continues, "we are willing to wait these fifteen days, provided they are the last fifteen days of a wait that has lasted forever. And if this short period is enough to finally pass a law recognizing same-sex unions, it is to be hoped that it will be a good law, aimed at enshrining the inviolable principle of full equality, taking on the responsibility of overcoming any discriminatory vision and aiming high. Because a society and a culture stem from a law. This principle," Romani concludes, "we hope will be the guiding light for parliamentary work.".
