In Sardinia
Civil unions, de facto families, marriages. Confusion reigns supreme, and the proximity of elections certainly doesn't help us understand the true meaning of the proposals on the table. Since the Union's announcement that it would include civil unions in its electoral platform, now downgraded to "personal rights," a hysterical debate has erupted in Italy, aimed at confusing rather than clarifying the meaning of the proposed laws, awaiting parliamentary debate for years, regarding the recognition of civil unions regardless of the sexual orientation of the contracting parties.
Since 1994, the year of the European Parliament Resolution on the rights of gays and lesbians, Almost all European countries, governed by right-wing or left-wing governments, have enacted laws that recognize affective unions between homosexual people.. In some cases, equating this institution with marriage as commonly understood, in others, limiting certain aspects, especially regarding child protection. Only Spain has chosen a different path: rather than passing a specific law for homosexuals, the Zapatero government has decided to eliminate legislative discrimination based on sexual orientation and, with an amendment to the Civil Code, has extended existing laws to the entire population, including gays and lesbians.
In Italy, perhaps because of the Vatican or less-than-courageous politicians, the debate is still at sea, and the approval of a law, even an extremely restrictive one like the one on civil unions, still seems far off.
In support of the swift passage of a national law, entire municipalities and regions have, in recent years, passed laws and regulations recognizing, for all matters within their jurisdiction, both heterosexual and gay de facto couples. In some cases, this has resulted in changes to the basic principles of regional statutes, enacting anti-discrimination laws, as in the case of Tuscany.
In Sardinia the discussion is only just beginning and, although the outlook is quite positive, only the municipality of Atzara, in the province of Nuoro, has already approved a registry that recognizes heterosexual and gay civil unions.
Monday's debate aims to illustrate the proposals under consideration (the registry proposal submitted by the MOS to the Sassari council and the proposal to include the right to sexual orientation and gender identity in the new Sardinian Statute will also be presented), opening a discussion on families, both old and new, and on the citizenship rights that gays and lesbians, and others, still lack.
Monday, April 3, at 5:30 PM
at the Municipal Police conference room on Via Carlo Felice in Sassari
Sardinian Homosexual Movement, Agedo and Provincial Arci
organize the debate
PACS, de facto families, homophobia, citizenship rights
with the participation of
Paul Ferigo (National Arcigay)
Eva Mamini (National Archlesbian)
Alessandro Corona (Mayor of Atzara, NU)
Silvia Pilia (Andala)
Massimo Mele (MOS)
They intervene
Massimo Dadea (Regional General Affairs Association)
Maddalena Salerno (Regional Labor Association)
Gianfranco Ganau (Mayor of Sassari)
Hector Ciano (Agedo)
Pierpaolo Zara (coord. Democratic Parents)
Franco Uda (ARCI Regional President)
Joseph Solinas (President of District No. 4 SS).
All candidates for the April 9th political elections are invited.
Info
0792.19024
334.6317271
www.movimentomosessualesardo.org
