ROME — Prime Minister Mario Draghi insisted Wednesday that Italy’s parliament was sovereign after the Vatican made an unprecedented complaint about a draft law against homophobia.
“What I want to say, especially concerning the latest developments, is that ours is a secular state, not a confessional state,” said the premier, a practicing Catholic.
“So parliament is free to debate — obviously, these are obvious considerations — and to legislate,” he added, addressing the Senate.
Draghi was reacting to news that the Vatican had lodged a diplomatic protest in the form of a “note verbale” against the so-called Zan law.
The proposed law seeks to punish acts of disc…
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