Despite Vatican protest, anti-homophobia bill survives hurdles in Italian senate

Contributing sentiments towards policy:

52% : In their nota verbale, the Vatican for the first time invoked the 1929 Lateran Pacts, which established Vatican City State as a sovereign entity and which governs relations between Italy and the Holy See, to oppose the bill on grounds that the current version would criminalize Church teaching on marriage and the family, thus violating guarantees of religious freedom.
48% : Noting that numerous popes and Vatican documents have referenced the need to welcome individuals with same-sex attraction and treat them with respect, Bassetti said, "The pope, the bishops, the priests, the Christian communities, look at homosexual people with the eyes of Christ and keep their arms open in the impulse of mercy," but at the same time, "We hope that the [bill] will be reformulated."
39% : In the first open debate in the Italian legislature of a controversial anti-homophobia bill following an unprecedented complaint from the Vatican on grounds of religious freedom, the bill survived two significant hurdles in the senate Tuesday and could be voted into law as early as next week.

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