One million people rallied in Rome on 20 June under the banner ‘Let’s defend our children’.
The rally was organised to express concerns over different Bills that the Italian Parliament is discussing on civil unions and gender theory being taught in state schools. There is a growing pressure to introduce legislation that will eventually redefine marriage away from the traditional understanding, open adoptions to individual parents, and impose gender teaching as the only acceptable ‘single thought’. In the background there is also another Bill against homophobia that will potentially threaten freedom of speech.
Evangelical Alliance
Evangelicals were at the forefront of the movement that led to the impressive rally. Over the last two years, the Italian Evangelical Alliance has been networking with other pro-family movements, producing materials and organising events throughout the country. Giacomo Ciccone, chairman of the Italian Evangelical Alliance, was the first to speak from the platform. An Italian evangelical has never before addressed such a crowd! Several hundred evangelicals were part of the massive crowd that made up a joyful and peaceful rally supporting the family.
