It has passed in the lower house of parliament and is being discussed in a committee in the Senate. The proposed law adds women and people who are gay, transgender or have disabilities to the classes of those protected under a law banning discrimination and punishing hate crimes. "There is a risk of lumping all kinds of attitudes together and making it possible to punish every possible distinction between a man and a woman," he said. However rightist parties which portray themselves as defenders of traditional values, welcomed the Church intervention. Populist Italian Senator Matteo Salvini has stated that he rejects teaching gender ideology or creating crimes of opinion in a new anti-homophobia bill but remains open to dialogue.
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