The Australian, 16th July, 2002
Marriages they want unmade in heaven
Natasha Bita, Rome
Half an hour before their wedding, Mario Ottocento and
Antonio Garullo were handed a message from the Italian
Solicitor-General’s office.
The note offered no congratulations for becoming the
first gay Italians to marry in the Netherlands, the only country that
permits same-sex marriage.
“The union between two people of the same sex is
considered in this country to be nothing but a public spectacle,” it said.
“It will find no recognition in Italy, as it opposes the
fundamental principle of the family as the natural union of a husband and wife with a duty to maintain, educate and instruct their children.”
Well, who the fuck asked you?! It seems to me that they went and got married in the Netherlands because they didn’t care to solicit their own government’s opinion on this matter.
Let me also say how funny I find it that a government partially composed of capital-F Fascists, who sanctions the torture of political prisoners, is lecturing people about the morality of their marriage.
In short: mangiami.
They should send him back a slice of wedding cake.
What’s ‘natural’ about about marriage again?
xyzzy
July 25, 2002, 4:23pm
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It really is damn sad when I have to point to a location outside the United States when I need an example of a truly free society.
spooje , I’m inclined to agree with you on marriage. But most don’t. Some want to spend the rest of their lives with that “special someone”.
I’m seriously considering learning Dutch and moving to the Netherlands. At least I’d be free there.