And in 33 squares in Italy hearts are raised to ask for the same rights for all loves.
Bologna, February 14, 2015 – "One more reason to celebrate Valentine's Day": this is how Flavio Romani, president of Arcigay, commented on the news that Isfol (Institute for the Development of Professional Training for Workers) granted marriage leave, thanks to the support of the Flc CGIL, to employee Rosario Murdica, a Roman Arcigay activist, and her husband. The two were married in 2014 in Porto, Portugal. "This is an important signal," Romani continues, "that captures the spread of a good practice, increasingly present in the private sector, and now beginning to gain traction in the public sector as well. The recognition of same-sex couples and the extension of all the rights enjoyed by heterosexual couples to their benefit are a socially established fact: one after another, significant segments of our society (from manufacturing to the service sector, to some public institutions) are reiterating this signal, with only the Government and Parliament continuing to fail to address it. "To Rosario and her husband," Romani concludes, "we wish a special Valentine's Day, the same we wish to all couples, heterosexual and homosexual, who celebrate their love on this day." For Valentine's Day, Arcigay has joined the Piazzate d'Amore demonstration: in 33 squares across Italy, gay men, lesbians, bisexuals, and heterosexuals raise hearts with the equal sign above them to demand the same rights for all love.
