Today's Senate confidence vote
on a watered-down version of a Democratic Party (PD) civil
unions bill was a hollow victory, PD Senator Monica Cirinnà said
Thursday. "It's first step, a victory with a hollow heart," said
Cirinnà, who wrote the bill. "This is a very important measure
but I am also thinking of the children of so many friends". The
bill passed after the PD scrapped two key measures in a
compromise with Catholic conservatives - one allowing stepchild
adoptions and the other imposing a duty of fidelity. "Now we
must take a second step," Cirinnà said. "We're halfway up the
ladder". The bill now goes to the Lower House.
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