News and Prophecy Staff

Italian lawmakers are seeking to change the traditional view of fidelity within marriage. “Married couples in Italy will no longer have to pledge fidelity to each other under a draft law being considered by Parliament… The promise not to cheat is a ‘cultural legacy from an outdated and obsolete view of marriage, family, and the rights and duties of spouses’, according to a dozen senators backing the bill. The amendment was presented by Laura Cantini, a senator… who has described the change as a step forward from what she called the ‘legacy of an outdated vision of marriage’.

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In a recent survey of some 51,000 households in 34 nations, the European Bank for Reconstruction and Development found that just “over half the respondents from former Soviet states also thought a return to a more authoritarian system would be a plus in some circumstances” (The Guardian, December 13, 2016).

In the coming year, Britain will continue work on its exit from the EU, and America will inaugurate a president with no political experience. France will hold elections and could select a social conservative who may move closer to Russia (Rasmussen Reports, November 29, 2016). Italy’s political future is uncertain, and anti-immigration sentiments are growing in Holland and Germany.