stefanmichnik
03.04.07, 00:58
Ktos tu ostatnio sie dziwil ze mieszkajac za granica wciaz przejawiamy z
Paviem tak wsteczne i zaściankowe poglądy i pobyt w tak postępowym kraju
jakiem jest Belgia powinien nas nieco "otworzyć". Oto dowód, że kraj który
nas gości przeżywa jednak pewne napięcia (uwaga na mczapla - nie lżę tu
królestwa Belgii, wyrażam tylko przepełnione braterską miłością zatroskanie):
Marie Arena, the education minister for Belgium’s French-speaking community
in the Walloon region, made a request yesterday for a meeting with Turkey’s
ambassador to Belgium in an apparent effort to explain the publishing of a
book in which the founder of the Turkish Republic, Mustafa Kemal Atatürk, is
listed among the important homosexual and bisexual personalities of history.
[...] “The issue is extremely sensitive, and Belgian officials have
eventually noticed their mistake,” Yusuf Seki, press officer of the Turkish
Embassy in Brussels, said yesterday, noting that following the embassy's
warning, the ministry had decided not to publish in the next edition of the
book a list of “Famous homosexuals and bisexuals in history” in which Atatürk
was included. [...]
[T]he 144-page book, titled “Fight Against Homophobia,” was [...] distributed
to teachers for guidance so they could use it as a tool in lectures aimed at
creating awareness concerning anti-homophobia, they said. Reminded of the
fact that the list was already published in the first edition and that the
books were already distributed, the Belgian sources said, “The ministry will
request that teachers not take those pages into consideration while
instructing students.”
The book, prepared at the instruction of Arena, emphasizes that homosexuality
is not actually a negative thing and that there have been many famous and
important homosexual or bisexual people in history. [...] Belgium is one of
the few countries in the world that grants its citizens the right to same-sex
marriages and child adoption by homosexual couples. It was stated that the
distribution of the book on homophobia was aimed at “enlightening the future
of the young generation in Belgium” [...] with an aim of preventing the
younger generation from harboring negative opinions on homosexuality
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