Gay men have been victims of discrimination, harassment and abuse for years on end for their sexuality. They lived secret lives in shame and could never express themselves freely without getting mocked and beaten to a pulp by other men.
I was one of those who at a very young age used to attend Malta’s Gay Pride March when it was attended by literally just a dozen of people. I remember Sandro Mangion when he still had hair gathering us on the steps of the Royal Theatre to tell us not to give up hope as next year more people would attend the Gay Pride event.
Back then I don’t remember David Casa to have been involved in the gay rights movement. He was in the Nationalist Party, and for the sake of his career he kept his sexuality secret from the public. I am not judging him for this and this is what many gay men used to do back then.
However, I find it reprehensible and repulsive that after having been a member of a minority group that was victimized, now David Casa is campaigning against the right to abortion, making stupid statements about it and trying to appease his conservative voters with his reprehensible position. David Casa voted against a resolution in the European Parliament that will enshrine abortion rights in the European Fundamental Charter.
I don’t care if he secretly agrees with abortion rights and he is doing all this theatre just to appease his constituents. Politicians are not there just to take power for the sake of power. If they can’t change what’s wrong with our society they shouldn’t be politicians in the first place. And if they have been victims as members of a minority group who today has been granted its full rights, they should definitely not do anything that would trample on the rights of other minorities.
Website Editor
Historian and Publisher
Leave a Reply