ROME (Reuters) - Rome's centre-left mayor on Saturday recognised the validity of 16 gay marriages performed outside Italy, the first such ceremony in the capital, sparking an angry reaction from the interior minister and the country's Roman Catholic Church.
"Today is a splendid day," Mayor Ignazio Marino said in Rome's city hall where he registered the marriages of 11 male and six female couples who had wed abroad.
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