A homophobia bill currently in the
Italian parliament goes against Church freedom, according to a
note sent from the Vatican Secretariat of State to the Italian
embassy at the Holy See last Thursday, a copy of which has been
obtained by ANSA.
"The Secretariat of State", the note said, "notes that some
content of the (bill), particularly in the part establishing the
criminalization of discriminatory conduct for motives based on
sex, gender, sexual orientation, and gender identity, would have
the effect of negatively impacting the freedoms assured to the
Catholic Church and its faithful by the current Concordat
regime".
The bill, named the 'Zan bill' after its promoter and LGBT
activist Alessandro Zan of the centre-left Democratic Party
(PD), has been accused by conservatives of curbing the freedom
of expression, a charge the PD denies.
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