Civil unions, as senators Pd unanimous go-ahead to the system of the bill – The Republic

ROME – The Democratic Party group in the Senate unanimously approved – no votes against and no abstentions – the plant of the bill on civil unions. In the assembly, on the vote, it had already been announced except for the freedom of conscience of some amendments, such as those on the stepchild adoption. “We’ll give a damn about a secret vote. The Democratic Party expresses its views, also different, in the light of the sun,” said Luigi Zanda, dem leader in the Senate, which, according to parliamentary sources pointed out that there is no freedom of conscience on vote on the ruling and the order of business. “On February 2, we will say what will be the amendments where there will be freedom vote”. Zanda hopes that there is a drastic reduction of the amendments “so that we can discuss on the merits, paying due attention and time that the topic deserves.”

Positive commentary of the first signatory of the bill Monica Cirinnà : “After the vote the agreement in the Democratic Party is closer. The Senators have unanimously said they will vote yes in the final vote on the law. There remain different opinions on adoptions but we have a week to reach agreement “.

And just about adoptions, during the meeting of the senators” cattodem “requested to amend Article 3 is that Article 5 of the text. The request was made by Senator dem Stephen Hill, who stressed: “So what it looks like, with the exception of Title II of the law on adoptions, art. 3 authorizes, in fact, the approval of the stepchild adoption, which rest the contrary. We urge to amend also art. 3, which otherwise makes unnecessary Article 5 “.

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Article 3 of the bill Cirina bis regulates the rights and duties between persons of the same sex who are in a civil partnership: “With the establishment parties acquire the same rights and assume the same duties; civil union comes the mutual obligation of fidelity, moral and material and cohabitation . Both sides are required, each in relation to their resources and their ability to work professional and home use, to contribute to the common needs, the parties agree between them the address of family life and securing the common residence; each party It has the power to implement the agreed address. ” Point 4 it is stressed: “The provisions relating to marriage and the provisions containing the words” spouse “,” spouses “or equivalent terms, occur anywhere in the laws, in the acts having the force of law, in the regulations and in administrative and collective agreements also apply to any party civil union between people of the same sex. The provision of the preceding sentence does not apply the rules of the Civil Code does not expressly referred to in this Act as well the provisions of Title II of the Law of 4 May 1983, n. 184 (the title that regulates adoptions, ed ). ” Article 5 edit their latter reads: “In Article 44, paragraph 1, letter b) , the Law of 4 May 1983, n. 184, after the word ‘spouse’ are inserted the following: ‘or by the civil union between same-sex’ and after the words ‘and the other spouse’ the following is added: ‘either party civil union between people of the same sex’ “.

The demand cattodem comes after hard stop of the head of the Italian bishops, Cardinal Angelo Bagnasco:” Children are not a right for all “and the position taken by the House speaker Laura Boldrini “An adoption must be a law.”