Up to 50,000 Italian gay activists will campaign this weekend in Rome in support for same-sex unions.The campaigners will gather in the Piazza Farnese to voice their enthusiasm for the Dico Bill, which will grant gay and lesbian couples the right to make their relationships official, as well as to mutual assistance and inheritance.
The bill is strongly opposed by the Catholic and right wing parties, and due to Prime Minister Prodi's slim majority in the Senate, its passing is uncertain.
Several left-wing politicians plan to attend the demonstration. Franco Grillini of the Left Democrats told Deutsche Press Agentur:
"The objective of Saturday's meeting is to convince parliament to improve the bill and end all kinds of discrimination towards homosexuals."(keep reading)
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