Home›Sources›Italian Protestant Church Says I Do to Gay Blessings (The Local Italy, AFP)SourcesItalian Protestant Church Says I Do to Gay Blessings (The Local Italy, AFP)The Local Italy, Agence France-Presse, 26 August 2017Citation FormatsGeneral ReferenceGeneral Reference Citation TextDivinity Atlas. "Italian Protestant Church Says I Do to Gay Blessings (The Local Italy, AFP)." Accessed August 30, 2026. https://divinity.interactivelion.com/sources/thelocal-it-2017-waldensian-gay-blessings.Copy General ReferenceAPA StyleAPA Style Citation TextDivinity Atlas. (n.d.). Italian Protestant Church Says I Do to Gay Blessings (The Local Italy, AFP). Retrieved August 30, 2026, from https://divinity.interactivelion.com/sources/thelocal-it-2017-waldensian-gay-blessingsCopy APA StyleBibTeXBibTeX Citation Text@misc{divinityatlas-italian-protestant-church-says-i-do-to-g, author = {Divinity Atlas}, title = {Italian Protestant Church Says I Do to Gay Blessings (The Local Italy, AFP)}, year = {2026}, url = {https://divinity.interactivelion.com/sources/thelocal-it-2017-waldensian-gay-blessings}, note = {Accessed August 30, 2026} }Copy BibTeXPublished 26 August 2017 by Agence France-Presse, carried by The Local Italy. States the joint synod of the Waldensian and Methodist churches formally recognised the plurality of different models of coexistence and family life in society and authorised the blessing of same-sex couples in civil partnership, with at least one partner required to be a member of the Waldensian church. States gay blessings had already been offered by the church since 2010 on a case by case basis before this 2017 synod action formalised the practice, following Italy's October 2016 adoption of civil unions legislation.FactsCross-Tradition ConnectionsClaims Backed By This Source (12 claims)Comments (0)Reader Challenges (0 open reader challenges)FactsCitationPublisherWell-attestedThe Local Italy (Agence France-Presse)Publication YearWell-attested2017URLWell-attestedhttps://www.thelocal.it/20170826/italian-protestant-church-says-i-do-to-gay-blessingsSource TypeWell-attestednews featureAssessmentReliability TierWell-attested2A wire service report on a named synod's formal action, used because no readable English-language hosting of the synod's own decision text could be located.NotesWell-attestedCited for Waldensian Evangelical Church's sexuality-position and its detail.Cross-Tradition ConnectionsAssociated WithFrance, Countries Well-attested This source names France directly: "Published 26 August 2017 by Agence France-Presse, carried by The Local Italy."Source Italian Protestant Church Says I Do to Gay Blessings (The Local Italy, AFP)tier 2Italy, Countries Well-attested This source names Italy directly: "France-Presse, carried by The Local Italy."Source Italian Protestant Church Says I Do to Gay Blessings (The Local Italy, AFP)tier 2Claims Backed By This Source (12 claims)This source backs 12 claims across the atlas. As facts: 9 well-attested. As cited relationships: 2 holds. Plus 1 entities citing it as a general reference with no single fact or relationship attached.Disposition By TopicSources, 9 claims: 7 well-attested, 2 holds.Denominations, 3 claims: 2 well-attested, 1 general references.Well-attested9DenominationsWaldensian Evangelical ChurchSourcesItalian Protestant Church Says I Do to Gay Blessings (The Local Italy, AFP)Holds2SourcesItalian Protestant Church Says I Do to Gay Blessings (The Local Italy, AFP)General References1DenominationsWaldensian Evangelical ChurchComments (0)No comments yet. Be the first to share a thought.Sign in to join the discussion.Reader Challenges (0 open reader challenges)No disputes yet. Spotted an error or a better source? Open the first one.Sign in to dispute this or suggest a correction.View At A Past YearThe atlas records no dated fact of its own for this entry, so there is no other year to choose.Show This Year