Rubuta ci gaba don wannan sakin layi - A cikin ƙasashe masu yawan Katolika na Italiya da Croatia, Cocin Katolika ya kasance babban mai adawa da ko dai gabatar da haɗin gwiwar jama'a ko aure ga ma'aurata masu jinsi ɗaya. A watan Yulin 2013, ƙungiyar masu ra'ayin mazan jiya "A Sunan Iyali", ta tattara sa hannu 750,000, wanda shugabannin cocin Katolika suka goyi baya sosai. Wannan kai tsaye ya kai ga zaben raba gardama na 2013
inda aka gyara kundin tsarin mulki don bayyana cewa aure ne kawai ƙungiyar tsakanin namiji da mace. A watan Fabrairun 2016 Firayim Ministan Italiya, Matteo Renzi, ya yi watsi da kutse na Cocin Katolika a cikin muhawarar majalisar don gabatar da alaƙar jama'a da haƙƙin tallafi ga abokan jinsi ɗaya. Wannan ya biyo bayan ƙoƙarin Bagnasco (Archbishop na Genoa) don samun Majalisar Dattawa ta Italiya don gudanar da ƙuri'ar sirri a cikin fatan hakan zai sauƙaƙa wa 'yan majalisa bin lamirinsu, maimakon layin jam'iyyar. Bagnasco ya kwatanta ra'ayin amincewa da auren jinsi daya kai tsaye tare da amincewa da jihar don lalata da kuma lalata.