Italians oppose same-sex marriage, adoption

(May 23, 2012) Italian public opinion remains firmly opposed to same-sex marriage, a new survey shows. Only 43.9% of respondents said that they would support homosexual marriage. The result was a disappointment to the poll’s sponsors, who timed its release for the International Day against Homophobia. Opposition to adoption by same-sex couples was even stronger. Only 20% of the survey respondents thought that same-sex couples should be allowed to adopt children. Same-sex marriages are not legal in predominantly Catholic Italy.