ROME, May 8, 2007 (LifeSiteNews.com) – Italian homosexual leaders are accusing Riccardo Di Segni, Rome's chief rabbi of “racism” for his stand defending the traditional family. Di Segni was speaking against proposed legislation that would create de facto civil unions for homosexual partners and cohabiting persons with equivalent rights to natural marriage. De Segni spoke out against the “strange silence” of Jewish leaders “on this hotly debated issue,’ in an article to appear in the Jewish monthly Shalom. The ANSA news agency quotes Di Segni: “Society is about to make a decision which, according to our traditions, abundantly exceeds permitted...