Italy fails to offer enough legal protection
Rome: An European court has blamed Italy for violating human rights by failing to offer enough legal protection to same-sex couples in the country.
Judges have pointed out that the government had ruptured the rights of three gay couples by refusing them to get married and also not recognizing their union in terms of laws.
Italy is the only major Western European country having no positive laws favoring civil partnerships or gay marriages.
According to the European court of Human Rights (ECHR)...