Because every time you talk about gay people is unleashed debate based on the usual cliches and prejudices, we try to do some 'clarity, hoping to be helpful who now form his own thought listening to a single bell. Summing up as much as possible for reasons of space, but inviting the reader to further investigate without prejudice.
1 "homosexuality is unnatural"
people who make this objection should be asked: What is nature? What is natural and what is not? Everything that exists is' natural 'for the very fact of existence, then so is homosexuality, emotional and sexual orientation variant, which also manifests itself-has been shown in numerous animal species-and not only in ' man, not to mention hermaphroditism of some animal species (and plants) that we do, we will represent "unnatural", even the animal kingdom? It 'should also be noted that this is a minority phenomenon, but that has always existed (and will always exist), so even the common objection that says: "If we were all gay man would become extinct," it just sounds paradoxical and out place: we are not all gay, do not we have never been and never will, otherwise we should be extinct long ago.
In fact, this objection is based simply on the morale of some religions (before you say that their homosexuality was not "against nature"), moral in turn based on certain interpretations of certain passages of sacred texts on s never been such a unique feeling even within the same Catholic Church (of which we are concerned because we are in Italy, but the discussion should be extended to all the monotheistic religions), but do be careful, because morality changes over time and with the needs, and knows precisely the fact that for centuries the Church has corrected some of his positions that were virtually dogmas, and in some cases has even asked excuse: so today's Jews are not as "evil and God-killers "The whites are no longer superior to blacks (and slavery is no longer allowed), the women finally have the 'soul the limbo no more and so on. Of course, we could wait for a Pope also admits this mistake, and sooner or later it will happen for sure, but in the meantime the pain caused unjust will have these positions?
2 "homosexuality is a choice"
Consequently, even this is not true: if the affective orientation, even before the sexual inclination is a natural and spontaneous, the only "choice" possible, rather , if you go along and live openly, defying social conventions and cultural need, and the hostility of power, or even if it hide-and-a lifetime to give in to this particular version of Stockholm syndrome fear or laziness, lack of information or the illusion of serenity.
3 "homosexuals are restricted"
Given that Mussolini's fascism is dead and buried, and then you no longer have a moral obligation to 'give the children to the homeland', is all too easy to point out that there are also many infertile heterosexual couples who, for consistency, should be considered "unnatural" just like the man. This is because the objection considers procreation only within a sexual relationship between two people who have signed a 'contract' (religious marriage), considered as the only reason to create the pair itself. And even earlier, and more often than not, those who make these objections reduces sexuality-one of the highest levels of communication between human beings-to a mere matter of anatomy and "joints" (concave-convex), we must respond to them with a crude but essential question: the 'love heterosexual vaginal intercourse is exhausted? It 's all there?
Even with all this evidence is a cultural heritage already exceeded in practice for heterosexual couples, for which they are admitted by the religions, with some distinctions, artificial insemination and adoption. Luckily, it is no longer allowed him strupr followed by the seizure of the unborn or incest (see the events narrated in the ancient patriarchs will) ...
4 "a child needs a father and a mother"
This statement also comes from immobility of our cultural tradition, a phenomenon that occurs only in European-or: in this measurement in those countries where the Catholicism is strongest. It may seem trivial, but what really counts in the development of an individual is the quality of affection and emotional support and education that the subject perceives by the familiar figures of reference. There are numerous studies conducted in countries where the adoption by homosexual couples are allowed to confirm that the development of children in these areas is quite comparable to that which occurs in heterosexual families.
The inclusion in society after leaving the protective shell of the family in this respect is obvious that in liberal societies and without prejudices about homosexuality this entry will be no particular difficulty, as opposed to society too tied to the Catholic faith traditions ( Specifically, because the Reformed and Protestant Christian churches are not produced in the kind of constraints on companies in which they are posted) and if "the company is not ready" to same-sex parenting as she feels too often say, it is also because society does not begin to ever 'Prepare'.
Another common objection is that the desire for parenthood by gay people would just "selfishness", well, feeling that this place belongs to a large number of people irrespective of their emotions / sexuality, it is well to note that no can afford to judge from the outside what happens in people's heads.
it must be stressed, finally, not to want to bury our heads in the sand will have to admit that homosexual families are in fact already exist, and are those whose children were born from previous reports and are included in the new reality of a family of the two parents, and of course all those unmarried couples ever seen statistics and relevant institutions.
5 "homosexuality is a threat to society"
In full: legalize gay marriages would be a danger to the families 'natural' and therefore to society. Curious that this observation does not follow her never convincingly demonstrated, supported by hard facts: how to constitute a threat, what is the cause-effect relationship? Emulation? But then why do not all become heterosexual gay, as gay and straight have always lived closely?
In fact, of all the misconceptions and prejudices about homosexuality this is by far the most dangerous, because it is at least a de facto incitement to racial hatred, being a theory that fear creeps a not substantially justified (that is an outright lie) and suggests a solution -based discrimination.
In Italy too, where there is not any protection for couples but not for gay people, the statement is a paradox and it sounds like another hoax.
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In conclusion, a fact that the prejudices of the above are based mainly on the ideology of religions that are not even shared and practiced by all citizens, not only said that homosexuality is not an unnatural phenomenon, a "lifestyle" based on a number of unjustified claims, or a threat to society, but the issue goes before reversed and finally pulled out from the field of moral and then framed by a different perspective , that is inserted in the field of civilization and equality, because this country is (or should be) a secular, ask, because if gay citizens have-rightly-equal obligations should only have half the rights of those heterosexuals? Why have not we talk about an institution at least comparable to marriage, protection against homophobia and a halt to propaganda against the Catholic gay people?
The ministers who filled the stage of the Conference on the Family of Milan, and in particular to the Economy, Giulio Tremonti (or those who will follow, as currently its chair, as the entire government Berlusconi quater, somewhat wobbly ) we appeal: that gay citizens, couples and individuals, who like other work, form families, generate income and pay taxes with which they are funded services for citizens as heterosexuals (including believers), not not only be forced to pay more taxes, as well called by the Mayor of Rome Gianni Alemanno with unparalleled electoral indifference, but that the tax burden to them is reduced by half . At least until the restoration of equal rights for all citizens.
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Already published here in synthetic version; contributions Tiziana Ficacci of NoGoD : a and two . Related articles: Praise dell'eufemismo , those are ... Series B , Travel in Europe .
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