defenders of gay rights say the bill, introduced by three senators from the National Renewal, has its origin in agreements between them and sectors of the Evangelical Church.
Movement Homosexual Integration and Liberation (MOVILH) called a violation of the Secular State, the draft submitted by the senators of the National Renovation (RN) Chahuán Francisco, Antonio Horvath and Baldo Prokurica, which seeks to amend Article 1 of the Constitution, establishing that marriage is exclusively between a man and a woman.
With this bill, the Movilh, as its top leader, Rolando Jimenez, believes that is promoting discrimination against sexual minorities, using the same legislation.
Given this situation, the group sent a letter to the MPs who presented the bill, that letter has not been answered. In it, the group notes that it seeks to violate the principle of legal equality guaranteed in the Constitution, aiming at preventing same-sex marriage.
regard, Rolando Jiménez, leader of MOVILH states that had already tried to do the same thing last year. "Sectors of the evangelical churches met with twenty senators, of whom only three had finally decided to submit this project," he said. According to Jimenez, said bill was presented as "pro-family", at which state that, in reality, "which is looking to enshrine discrimination against people who have a different sexual statement" and thus closing the possibility that sexual minorities can make use of the institution of marriage. Project
homophobic
For Movilh, which these senators have made is to establish a harmful precedent, because it is allowing the intrusion of the churches in the construction of the law. Jimenez notes that "this is a project that has its origin in the most homophobic of Chilean society" and states that in Chile "the secular state is a statement of good intentions." This, it is called the interference of the churches, mainly of hierarchies, in the discussion and development of various public policies that have been attempted in the country in recent years, including therapeutic abortion, the morning after pill or recognition of indigenous peoples.
This opinion is Fernando Muñoz, political coordinator of the Unified Movement of Sexual Minorities (Mums), who asserts that this project is "a throwback. We understand it as virtually a declaration of war ", adding that now the MPs, who had shown themselves inclined to advance the recognition of gay rights, are showing their true face to the citizenry. Worse, it involves creating, in the words of Muñoz, "a real sexual apartheid", because it means relegated to the gay world a second-class citizenship.
Referring to the bill by Senators RN, seeks to establish that "the special characteristics of marriage are determined by anthropological and sacred nature, according to religious beliefs and the importance of this institution is at the social" . For the authors, these features would lead therefore, that marriage should be protected by law and the state.
add, from Mums, that the hand of modern times "has emerged a kind of crisis in the effect and conceptualization of such key institutions as the family and marriage, driven by factors as diverse as the loss of values, the influence of consumer society in the definition of personal and family projects. "
In comparison, in the letter of Movilh states that families are not defined by its components, but for the existence of a feeling of love among its members. The conservative view on life and marriage in particular, has been the one that has dominated our society since long, however, according to Jimenez, "society has advanced, dedicated to defending the values, dignity and rights" of homosexuals. Given the long and difficult path that has led to the recognition of sexual minorities on the part of society, Jones asserts that "there an issue that has to do with cultural and ethical nature of Chilean society and politics. " Nevertheless, positive results increasing acceptance and tolerance of people to these groups, although there is still a long way to go.
regard, Jiménez says, "We have a political class across conservative on those issues that they call values, but we are social justice", taking in the fight for homosexuals to achieve recognition, with other struggles for the rights and of the Mapuche people and the rights of women.
short life Proposal
One of the biggest concerns that may exist with projects like these are the consequences that may bring future as can be represented in short, small setbacks for a long run and has not been without difficulties, as the ultimate recognition of sexual minorities as subjects citizens.
regard, Fernando Muñoz, the Mums becomes clear his annoyance at this fact, since November 2010, they had had meetings with precisely Chahuán Senator and members of National Renewal, which had agreed to further meetings between the two groups, which largely failed to materialize. More so when this party, says Muñoz, "was very willing to talk and discuss these issues."
should also remember that in Chile has not yet passed the Law Against Discrimination, mainly due to the strong pressures that these religious sectors involved in the generation of this bill made in the political world.
However, Jiménez believes that this bill will not continue their investigation, and which sectors of the evangelical churches that tried to drive it did not fare well from the beginning, since, except the three senators-RN host had no expected in Congress.
"It's a populist gesture of a conservative evangelical churches," he says, and hopes that after all, is the citizenry to prevent further progress. On the other hand, is working Movilh transversely, both MPs of the Alliance and the Coalition, avoiding this project can be approved.
in Congress would not vote to pass legislation of this nature, not only for violating international treaties or deal with the constitutionality of force. Not even because they consider it MPs as well, especially when, as in this case, some parliamentarians "speak one thing in private, and do another thing in public," says Muñoz.
Christian Armaza
Source: The Citizen
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