A vote in Italy's Parliament has seen a bid to protect the nation's glbt people from discrimination rejected. The Chamber of Deputies voted 293 votes to 250 not to approve the legislation. Paolo Patane, head of gay rights association Arcigay, has told AFP "This parliament has betrayed justice and civility and has decided to support the violent." He added that the EU should "help us face this extremely dangerous rise in homophobia, xenophobia and racism that the Italian parliament has decided to legitimise." Prime Minister Silvio Berlusconi opposes gay rights, and responded to talk he is a hypocrite by last year saying "It’s better to be passionate about beautiful women than to be gay."
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First published: Thursday, 28th July 2011 - 1:13pm