Ignazio Marino Quotes
The most important right is the right to say to your companion “I love you” and have that be recognized.
He was defying the Italian Federal Laws and the position of the Vatican with respect to gay marriage. The 16 couples were wed abroad as gay marriage was then illegal in Italy. However, he officially recognized the marriages, something which the conservatives in the Federal government had been able to avoid then. The photo is the mayor congratulating one of the couples he registered.
Ignazio Marino, Mayor of Rome, Italy, Statement while registering 16 gay marriages in the records of the city, October 17, 2014
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Ignazio Roberto Maria Marino is an Italian transplant surgeon who was Mayor of Rome from 2013 to 2015.