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Italian Senate backs watered-down civil union bill

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The Italian Senate approved a watered-down bill allowing civil unions for same-sex and heterosexual couples. To overcome opposition from within his own centre-left coalition, Prime Minister Matteo Renzi had to strip out the most controversial part of the text, which would have granted unmarried couples some adoption rights.


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The Italian Senate approved a watered-down bill allowing civil unions for same-sex and heterosexual couples. To overcome opposition from within his own centre-left coalition, Prime Minister Matteo Renzi had to strip out the most controversial part of the text, which would have granted unmarried couples some adoption rights.



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