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SAME-SEX MARRIAGE RULING 'AFTER EASTER'
(ANSA) - Rome, March 24 - Italy's top court will decide whether to examine a suit about same-sex marriages after Easter, court sources said Wednesday.
The Constitutional Court was expected to decide whether to review articles in Italy's civil code which prohibit same-sex marriage on Tuesday, and some sources had suggested a decision might come as early as Tuesday night.
But the justices "have not even started looking at the issue," sources said Wednesday.
"The subject will be addressed after the Easter break," they said.
According to one source, a ruling whether to admit the suit may come on April 12.
The case was brought to the attention of the court through a suit filed by a number of gay couples in Venice and Trento who were not allowed to post the banns of their upcoming 'marriage'.
According to the suit, there is nothing in Italy's legal code which prohibits same-sex marriage because the diversity of gender is not established as a requisite for marriage.
The plaintiffs argued in their suit that a ban on same-sex marriage violated the constitutional principle of equality between citizens and ran counter to European Union law as well.
They also noted that an "unreasonable inequality in treatment" existed in regard to homosexuals and transsexuals given that the latter, once they have had a sex-change operation, are allowed to marry members of their original sex.
The office of the state attorney, acting on behalf of the government, has argued the suit is inadmissible because it seeks to establish a legal precedent "through the manipulation of the fabric of the law" whereas only parliament can create laws.
The attorney also said that European and international law clearly gave national legislatures jurisdiction in governing the rules of marriage. photo: activists outside the court Tuesday night.