After the European Parliament Resolution in favour of the homosexual rights, here, in Italy, the situation is as a civil war. A new movement is "born": the "Defence committee for the natural and christian order family" that has gathered about 70000 signatures AGAINST this European Parliament Resolution.
ARCIGAY-ARCILESBICA (the Italian gay and lesbian association) has not wasted time, and at the 1st of July even ARCIGAY-ARCILESBICA has got 70000 signatures in support of this E.P. Resolution. But this is not sufficient!
It's interesting to note that in Italy there's a growth of attitudes and ideals opposed and harmful to freedom. Here some piece of Mr. Luigi Coda Nunziante's letter (Mr. Coda Nunziante is the president of the so-called "Defence committee for the natural and christian order family"):
"Obviously you agree with me, regarding that homosexuality must not be protected, nor promoted by our laws' State. This debauchery, opposite to God Law, is repugnant for your conscience, and you reject on instinct, the deep moral disorder typical of the homosexuality.""In the A-3-0028/94 Resolution, approved the 8th of february 1994, the supreme occidental political authority has wanted to promote that abominable vice, considering it as a positive worth, and inviting the European Union members to protect it by law."
"... it is not sufficient to be hostile towards homosexuality, it's necessary to fight for to prevent that homosexuality could be established in our society."
"For which impudent right, whit which incredible defiance and blasphemous will, this Parliament pretend to impose to our catholic Italy its impiety?"
"This minority doesn't limit itself to practice privately this vice opposite to Nature; they dare to claim the right to spread among people, impudently exalting these practices as 'lifestyle', as worthy as normal life and normal sexuality, and celebrating parties dedicated to "Gay Pride"."
"At this level, homosexuality is not seen nor lived as disorder to hide, as shameful vice: is a positive value to show and to ostentate, and meritorious of legalization as "civil right"."
"Our sons, our nephews will have, if they continue to live in this society deeply corrupt, a twisted idea of reality, and they could risk to consider homosexuality as a normal way to live, as a choice as good as others."
"In Italy are establishing many "Defence committee for the natural and christian order family" (The Coordination seat is in Rome, Via dei Delfini 16, ZIP 00186) with the purpose to get a great signatures' collection in order to support our petition for Italy and Europe governments.
In this petition we DEMAND from these Authorities:
A) To stop publicity and legalization of the so-called "Homosexual families";
B) To protect our families with correct laws that respect natural and christian principles on which is founded our European civilization.""With your help, and with God's help, we will continue to carry on this campaign, till the day in which the pressure we are doing onto political authorities will have full success, deleting at last and forever this abominable Resolution, and change it with a new, and true law, more involved with the real and right italian and european family's interests."
Recently it has been approved by Verona's municipality (yes, the "Romeo and Juliet"'s town) a document not only against gays and lesbians' civil rights, but even against those situations not strictly catholic. An exponent of "Lega Nord", Romano Bertozzo, has even said that "Gays should be made as the capons".
Local ARCIGAY-ARCILESBICA deputation has been compelled to go out from the townhall while they were trying to demonstrate their disapproval towards this motion.
Another declaration comes from "Forza Italia"'s deputy for European Parliament Roberto Mezzaroma, that says "I can't accept that my son, that now is ten years old, in the future could decide to marry Tarzan". Even the same guy says that, after the election made in Italy, in the E.P. "there are new kind of persons firmly decided to obstruct the approval of NOT ENOUGH VIRILE ideas".
Now the text of the ARCIGAY-ARCILES-BICA petition:
FOR THE CIVIL RIGHTS
We want to live in a more civil and free country. For the people's sake.
There are in Italy millions of gays and lesbians. Most of them are yet obliged to hide their feelings, to migrate in bigger cities, or are quite persecuted in work and family.
The ratify of homosexual's rights against prejudice and discrimination is not only to support a minority, but it's a way to test civil and democratic improvement for a country, for Italy and Europe. The 8th february 1994 European Parliament's Resolution for homosexual's people's rights must not stay without future, but must be a base, must be considered as inspirer principle for civil institutions, school and mass media, in order to fight discriminations and prejudices that nowadays yet are well deeply rooted in all-the-day life, and in most dull mind. Particularly we ask to Italian Parliament to dispute and approve a law in favour of civil unions that permit to all couples, even of the same sex, to be acknowledged by law, as it already happens in Denmark, Norway, Sweden, and other civil countries.
This for to guarantee even to people that has not got married yet,that a free choice of love will be right recognised even on questions as house, heritage, and pension.
We ask help to people all over the world. To grant it to us will charge you at all!: you can send a letter (not e-mail) saying: "I /name, surname, address/ agree with ARCIGAY-ARCILESBICA petition for civil rights, in favour of Strasbourg Resolution for civil unions. /your signature/".
Please send this letter to ARCIGAY-ARCILESBICA SEGRETERIA PETIZIONE PIAZZA DI PORTA SARAGOZZA, 2 40123 BOLOGNA (BO) ITALY