A young girl is seen through a banner showing same-sex couples in downtown Rome in 2010. Italy's highest civil court opened the way for homosexuals to have the same rights as heterosexual married ... more 

A young girl is seen through a banner showing same-sex couples in downtown Rome in 2010. Italy's highest civil court opened the way for homosexuals to have the same rights as heterosexual married couples Thursday, but it upheld a ban on gay marriage and said those celebrated abroad were not valid in Italy less