Adoptions for same-sex couples, Piazzoni (Arcigay) says, "The courts must shed light on these dark years.".
Bologna, March 13, 2026 – “Finally, a light has been turned on in these dark years,” said Gabriele Piazzoni, secretary general of Arcigay, commenting on the decision of the Venice Juvenile Court, which raised the question of the constitutionality of the ban on adoption for civil union couples, calling it “discriminatory and unjustified.” "This news, coming from a court, is the only light in the darkness of rights in recent years," Piazzoni declares. "In a desert of discriminatory policies and institutional silence, a court of justice opens a door that can restore hope to this country. We wish this couple and all the others just waiting to be able to love, to fulfill their dream," Piazzoni continues. "They are not asking for privileges; it is a question of equality. And above all, they ask that the best interests of boys and girls, that of growing up in a stable and loving environment, finally come before prejudice. Now the word goes to the Constitutional Court. We hope that the Constitutional Court will do what the Government and Parliament have never wanted to do: recognize that love has no gender and that boys and girls need families, people who care for them, not ideologies," Piazzoni concludes.
Bologna, March 13, 2026 – “Finally, a light has been turned on in these dark years,” said Gabriele Piazzoni, secretary general of Arcigay, commenting on the decision of the Venice Juvenile Court, which raised the question of the constitutionality of the ban on adoption for civil union couples, calling it “discriminatory and unjustified.” "This news, coming from a court, is the only light in the darkness of rights in recent years," Piazzoni declares. "In a desert of discriminatory policies and institutional silence, a court of justice opens a door that can restore hope to this country. We wish this couple and all the others just waiting to be able to love, to fulfill their dream," Piazzoni continues. "They are not asking for privileges; it is a question of equality. And above all, they ask that the best interests of boys and girls, that of growing up in a stable and loving environment, finally come before prejudice. Now the word goes to the Constitutional Court. We hope that the Constitutional Court will do what the Government and Parliament have never wanted to do: recognize that love has no gender and that boys and girls need families, people who care for them, not ideologies," Piazzoni concludes.
