#ddlzan

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Here in Italy, for some time now,

a law has tried to exist. That law said there would have been worse penalties for crimes of discrimination of gender and sexual orientation.

Well, today they blocked that law.

They said things like "if we pass this law, soon the rented uterus will be ok" or "if we pass this law, freedom of speech and opinion is cut off".

First: this law say nothing about adoption or anything other

Second, ah, sure, in fact, insulting or even beating up a poor wretch for his sexual orientation would be their "sacrosanct right to free talk"?

Are we kidding?

ok, I'm pissed. But why can't there be mutual respect and that's it?

No, we have mothers who throw their daughter out of the house after coming out ...

I feel bad, uff

I would have for hours and hours to complain, but I'll stop here u.u

because, in the end, no one can erase who we are

*and sorry for my English*

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Qui in Italia da parecchio tempo, una legge ha provato ad esistere, una legge per la quale ci sarebbero state sanzioni peggiori per crimini di discriminazione di genere e orientamento sessuale.

Ebbene, oggi hanno bloccato suddetta legge.

Hanno detto cose come "se facciamo passare questa legge, mancherà poco che sarà lecito l'utero in affitto." o "se facciamo passare questa legge, si tronca la libertà di parola ed opinione"

Intanto la legge non accenna nulla ad adozioni o uteri in affitto ecc

Secondo: ah, certo, infatti, insultare o addirittura pestare un povero disgraziato per il suo orientamento sessuale sarebbe il loro "sacrosanto diritto di libertà di dire la propria opinione"?

ma scherziamo?

E se la mia opinione fosse di lanciarci una sedia sui denti?

ok, sono incazzata. ma perché non puó esserci rispetto reciproco e basta?

o peggio, mamme che cacciano di casa la figlia dopo il coming out...

mi sento male, uff

ne avrei per ore e ore da lamentarmi, ma mi fermeró qui u.u

perché, alla fine, nessuno può cancellare ció che siamo

This a weird article for me to write: from the title you would think that I’m a religious person trying to give a catechism lesson, but that’s not who I am and that’s not what I’m doing.

I’m just an Italian woman who likes to write and is really fucking tired of the hypocrisy.

So, let’s start with a little bit of context.

At the moment in my country, the Parliament is trying to pass the “DDL Zan”, which is supposed to be a law against discriminations, transphobia, homophobia, ableism and in general giving all those different groups further protection against physical and other kinds of attacks, introducing new criminally prosecutable behaviours.

It also provides the institution of a day to celebrate the LGBTQ+ community and condemn discrimination.

Which is nice, right?

Well, not in Italy.

The DDL Zan was systematically blocked from approval in Parliament because the right-wing parties (and also some of the leftists) don’t want the project to become a law.

They tried everything, every possible excuse: “there’s no need for it, there’s no discrimination!”; “it would limit our freedom of speech!”; “you can not impose gender education!”; “what about the traditional families?”; “WON’T SOMEBODY PLEASE THINK OF THE CHILDREN?”.

I’m not joking. Actual political figures (Mr Matteo Salvini, the most recent friend of Hungary’s President Orban) went on tv and social networks saying all that.

But the good is yet to come.

The Vatican also came into the game.

In Italy, we have a kind of special international agreement with the Vatican. They are called the “Patti Lateranensi”, which were written by Mussolini’s Cabinet (are we surprised?) and were revised in 1984. I don’t want to give the readers a law lesson, but basically in those agreements Mussolini and the Pope decided to be more than friends, stating that even if Italy is supposed to be laic… the Vatican is still watching us VERY closely.

And when the gays came into the conversation and a law was trying to give them the basic human right of not getting killed in the streets, with a heart full of Christian values the Vatican decided to say no to that.

They claimed that because there are Christian schools in Italy, the national day against homophobia and other discrimination would actually be a limitation of their freedom of speech and thought.

So, yeah representatives from a state that in 2021 has as a form of government the absolute monarchy were trying to give a Republic a lesson about freedom.

And it's also fun to notice that no one of those right-wing patriotic politicians are saying anything about this: when the European Union gives us money and opinion they are ready to claim that Italian sovereignty is not respected, but now that another State is actively trying to prevent the Parliament to pass laws they are on board with it?

Basically this is the situation we are living in right now in Italy, this is the hot debate: are gays going to make the traditional family an endangered species? Is there really the need to protect these people or not? Are we a country that still discriminates against people?

Of course, for the last two questions the answer is yes. For the first one, I answer with another question: are there any historical examples in which the protection of minority caused actual discrimination of the majority? No. It’s logically impossible. The majority can not be discriminated by definition: the majority is the one that creates the system, the system can not be against them.

In a country in which the laws were written by white, cishet, catholic people you can be sure that the white catholic people are the safe ones. Was I clear enough?

It is also very obvious that this is not the real fear. It is not the freedoms that are at risk. Of course, the thing that is at risk is the established power. Is the idea that now these people could be seen, protected, have recognised voices that scares.

But then, why the title? Why putting Jesus in the conversation? Because this is what the politicians and the Vatican are doing. They know that this is what will get the public opinion on their side: the traditional family with a mom, a dad and kids consecrated by holy matrimony is something a lot of people have and claiming that all of that is at risk really resonates.

So, now I have something to say on Jesus too: if we are using Him to validate our claims, it is only fair to the other side to do the same.

We are talking about a Man who actively went against the traditional values, a Man who wasn’t scared to challenge power because He was on the side of the weak.

He went to the temples, that resemble so much the Vatican, and said that God wasn’t there, that they were too rich and too powerful.

He was with leprous people and prostitutes, Mary Magdalene was there even when his closest apostles weren’t. He would rather be with those that the world forgot rather than with rulers.

He took the side that today the people that pray Him are not willing to take.

I think that if He was here today, He would approve a national holiday to celebrate love and acceptance.

These are my two cents on the matter.

I just think that the Vatican and some politicians should have the intellectual honesty and the dignity to not use the name of a person that is not here to say His opinion, that’s all.