Titolo: ITALY-RIGHTS-GAY-WEDDING

Descrizione: Rome's mayor, Ignazio Marino (C), poses with a gay couple after he registers their marriage on October 18, 2014 at the city hall reception room in Rome. Gay marriage is illegal in Italy and Interior Minister Angelino Alfano recently sent a notice to local prefects saying any registrations of gay marriages celebrated abroad would be voided. Marino received a standing ovation today from gay couples, their children, friends and family which gathered to make their marriages official. One by one, 16 couples gay and lesbian, some with as many as three children were called up to witness Marino transcribe the date and locations of their weddings: Spain, Portugal, United States and elsewhere. AFP PHOTO / FILIPPO MONTEFORTE (Photo credit should read FILIPPO MONTEFORTE/AFP/Getty Images)

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