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Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni’s far-right government is accused of restricting the rights of parents in same-sex relationships
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A BUREAUCRATIC crackdown on Italy’s LGBT families was branded ideological, cruel and discriminatory yesterday by opposition Democratic Party leader Elly Schlein, who vowed to push for stronger protections.
Ms Schlein, who revealed in 2020 that she was in a relationship with another woman, joined thousands of people at a demonstration in Milan against a bid by Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni’s far-right government to restrict the rights of parents in same-sex relationships.
Last week, the government forced Milan to limit parental rights to the biological parent when same-sex couples register their children with the city’s authorities.
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