Italy

Social services said the boy “flaunts effeminacy in a provocative way.”

Surrogacy is illegal in Italy, as is same-sex marriage and adoption.

The Vatican’s deputy secretary of state says the remarks were “scandalous,” “offensive,” and “pagan.”

The women, one from southern Italy and the other of South American origins, fell in love while working at a rehabilitation center for drug addicts.

Rachele Bruni, Italy’s only out LGBTQ Olympian publicly thanked her “beloved,” and told reporters that was her girlfriend.

The decision does not give long-sought automatic recognition to the families of same-sex couples however.

Italy was the last of the European Union’s 28 nations to grant legal recognition to civil unions.

This past weekend, Andrew Haigh’s 2011 film pulled the top per-screen average in Italy.

Gay and lesbian groups denounced the watered-down legislation as a betrayal because Renzi’s Democratic Party sacrificed a provision to allow same-sex adoption in order to ensure passage.

Italian Premier Matteo Renzi is considering resorting to a risky confidence vote in the Senate to ensure the passage of a bill allowing civil unions, but not marriage, for gay couples.