The civil union bill was received in Italy as a controversial document. For conservative Catholics it is too liberal as it equates homosexual forms of cohabitation with marriage between a man and a woman, including consecration by Church. Liberals are angry because it does not give sodomites the right to adopt children. They intend to continue the fight for the rights of perverts to adopt and be involved to the "services" of surrogate motherhood.
Italy is the only Western European country in which sodomite unions were not recognized by law. This is explained by the strong influence of the Catholic Church on society. However, under pressure from the European Union, the current leadership of the country made concessions. Earlier, the European Court of Human Rights repeatedly accused Italy of discrimination against sodomites.
Opponents of the legalization of the mortal sin held several protests, in which hundreds of thousands of people participated. A Conference of Italian bishops came out against plans to equalize marriage and civil unions and the creation of legally recognized alternatives to the traditional family. However, this does not affect the position of the government and the main political parties.
The adoption of a position of compromise was affected by the change of position of the left-populist "Five Stars" party, which had previously supported the document, but it changed its mind last week. The authorities have decided to not provide sodomites with the right to adopt children. This option was proposed by the right parties, claiming the support of the church, despite the fact that, from the point of view of Christian morality, sodomy is one of the worst sins; the Catholic Church preferred to compromise. Pope Francis spoke out against "gay marriage", but seems to have nothing against sodomite "civil unions."
It is expected that, despite resistance and numerous amendments, the document will be approved by the lower house of the Italian parliament, and will then come into force. The adoption of this document shows that the Catholic Church in Italy, which was once a stronghold of Catholicism, is rapidly losing their position. Although the majority of Italians consider themselves Catholic, the political elite does take the view of the Church into account. The Church cannot obtain a position of strength, and is forced to make compromises. Inside the Church liberal tendencies are strengthening that relativize the notion of sin and are willing to compromise with the secular ideology of the anti-Christian liberalism on matters of principle.
