Marriage Italian-Style?

Italy's highest court is expected to rule on a gay marriage case this week, Italian media is reporting. The country's Constitutional Court heard an appeal on March 23 from two gay couples who were denied the right to marry. The Court's decision is likely to come out today or tomorrow. Last week, Portugal's own Constitutional Court approved that country's gay marraige bill.

Of course, the Vatican opposes recognition of gay unions. I have visions of Cardinal Tarcisio Bertone's head exploding if this come to pass, given the good Cardinal's recent pronouncements:

"Many psychologists and psychiatrists have shown that there is no link between celibacy and pedophilia but many others have shown, I have recently been told, that there is a relationship between homosexuality and pedophilia."