President Sergio Mattarella spoke out
in favour of LGBT rights on Tuesday in a message for the
International Day Against Homophobia, Biphobia and Transphobia.
"This international day focuses attention on the violation of
the dignity of a person motivated by them having a different
sexual orientation from one's own," Mattarella said.
"It is necessary to educate (to create) a culture of
non-discrimination, to build a community that eliminates all
forms of abuse based on the rejection of differences.
"Respect for the rights of every person and the equality of all
citizens, as laid down by our Constitution and by international
law that we have made our own, cannot be set aside".
A bill with measures to combat homophobia has become bogged down
in the Italian parliament among major differences over it
between the political parties.
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