The Rome court of appeal has
overruled a 2019 interior-ministry decree banning local
authorities from using the gender-neutral term 'parent' on the
identity cards of children and obliging them to name a 'mother'
and a 'father' of the minor, the Famiglie Arcobaleno association
representing families with same-sex parents said on Thursday.
Deputy Premier and Transport Minister Matteo Salvini was
interior minister when the decree was passed to stop ID cards
referring to 'parent 1' and 'parent 2' in order to accommodate
for same-sex parent families.
A couple formed by two women who were both mothers of a child
appealed against the decree, demanding that the minor's ID show
they are are both the legal parents of the child so it reflects
the true composition of their family, as given in the civil
register.
Their petition was upheld by the court of first instance and the
court of appeal has now confirmed that ruling.
Salvini complained about the use of the term 'parent' on ID
cards as an example of political correctness going too far.
Premier Giorgia Meloni did too when she was in opposition,
famously railing against the 'parent one, parent two' phenomena
in a speech in 2019.
"I am a woman. I am a mother. I am Italian, I am Christian," she
declared.
"You will not take that away from me!".
Salvini on Thursday called the appeals court verdict "wrong",
saying it was "absurd and reprehensible to cancel the words
'mum' and 'dad'."
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