At the end of last month it became public that a man and two women, who had been living together for some time, had celebrated their civil union in Brazil.
The notary who formalized the union, Ms Domingues, said that the idea of what constitutes a family has changed.
This is not the first time. There have been cases of a heterosexual man marrying two lesbians in the Netherlands (making this both a homosexual and a threesome marriage), and of a man marrying three women in Belgium. Interestingly, Holland and Belgium have also been the first countries to give full marriage rights to homosexuals.
There are many other cases like this, and I mean just among Westerners, non-Muslims. To them we then have to add the many polygamous marriages of Muslims living in the West. Polygamy is of course illegal (for the moment) in the West, but authorities turn a blind eye when it comes to Muslims, although it costs a lot to the welfare state and results in many virtually fatherless children which leads to increases in antisocial and criminal behaviour.
In France it is estimated that up to half a million of the country's 60 million inhabitants live in polygamous families.
Of course, as The Guardian says, 'Why shouldn't three people get married?'. The Brazilian notary summed it up well when she said that the idea of a family has changed.
Sources: http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-latin-america-19402508
http://m.guardian.co.uk/commentisfree/2012/aug/30/three-people-get-married-thruple?cat=commentisfree&type=article
http://www.brusselsjournal.com/node/585
Blog of London-based Italian journalist Enza Ferreri on politics, society, religion, environment
Wednesday, 5 September 2012
Tuesday, 4 September 2012
Is Britain a Democracy or a Totalitarian State?
The incredible thing about the events in Walthamstow is that, although you may have heard on the TV that the English Defence League is made up of violent, anti-democratic, racist thugs, what happened at this rally organized by the EDL shows a very different reality.
The Muslims and the leftists there didn't act as if they believed in democracy and human rights,nor did the police who didn't protect the right to free speech of the EDL from those who attacked them with bottles and bricks.
The only people who acted in true observance of human rights and democracy were the EDL, who didn't retaliate and acted lawfully, peacefully exercising their right to free speech.
Unite Against Fascism, on the other hand, despite their name behaved like fascists in their attempt to stop a peaceful demonstration.
Another thing that may strike you as odd is that there is so much talk about hate and hate crime. Some people would say that the English Defence League, for example, is full of hate.
In fact this overused word is never employed in cases when it would be appropriate, like in relation to the blasphemy law in Pakistan where it has been used to threaten the life of a Christian young girl possibly with Down's Syndrome only a few days ago. Or as in the case of this episode, in which true hate was shown towards some people simply because they had different ideas and they dared express them.
The Muslims and the leftists there didn't act as if they believed in democracy and human rights,nor did the police who didn't protect the right to free speech of the EDL from those who attacked them with bottles and bricks.
The only people who acted in true observance of human rights and democracy were the EDL, who didn't retaliate and acted lawfully, peacefully exercising their right to free speech.
Unite Against Fascism, on the other hand, despite their name behaved like fascists in their attempt to stop a peaceful demonstration.
Another thing that may strike you as odd is that there is so much talk about hate and hate crime. Some people would say that the English Defence League, for example, is full of hate.
In fact this overused word is never employed in cases when it would be appropriate, like in relation to the blasphemy law in Pakistan where it has been used to threaten the life of a Christian young girl possibly with Down's Syndrome only a few days ago. Or as in the case of this episode, in which true hate was shown towards some people simply because they had different ideas and they dared express them.
Monday, 3 September 2012
Saudi Arabian Man Sexually Molests British Boy
A 23-year-old Saudi Arabian man has been arrested in Milan for sexually molesting an English 13-year-old boy in a hotel in the Italian city.
The boy, who was staying in the hotel while in vacation with his parents, went into the hotel's sauna, where he found the man who touched him all over his body.
The boy, who was staying in the hotel while in vacation with his parents, went into the hotel's sauna, where he found the man who touched him all over his body.
Italy. Immigrants Fight in Reception Centre
A fight broke among immigrants in a reception centre in Caltanissetta, Sicily.
The row started for futile reasons and ended with nine immigrants of various nationalities being injured and taken to hospital. They could be separated only by the intervention of the police.
The row started for futile reasons and ended with nine immigrants of various nationalities being injured and taken to hospital. They could be separated only by the intervention of the police.
Record Numbers of Immigrant Children in Italian Schools
As schools open in Italy, the number of pupils born to immigrant parents is higher than ever.
The record goes to a school in Milan's multi ethnic San Siro suburb, where 17 out of 19 pupils are children of immigrants and don't have Italian citizenship.
In other parts of Northern Italy the percentages are also high. In Emilia Romagna, the region with Bologna, non-Italian pupils form about 16 percent of the total, in Liguria, the region of Genoa, 12 percent, and in Friuli Venezia Giulia 10 percent.
The record goes to a school in Milan's multi ethnic San Siro suburb, where 17 out of 19 pupils are children of immigrants and don't have Italian citizenship.
In other parts of Northern Italy the percentages are also high. In Emilia Romagna, the region with Bologna, non-Italian pupils form about 16 percent of the total, in Liguria, the region of Genoa, 12 percent, and in Friuli Venezia Giulia 10 percent.
Sunday, 2 September 2012
A Highly Accurate Prediction about Islam
Westerners "have forgotten all about Islam. They have never come in contact with it. They take for granted that it is decaying, and that, anyway, it is just a foreign religion which will not concern them. It is, as a fact, the most formidable and persistent enemy which our civilization has had, and may at any moment become as large a menace in the future as it has been in the past. ...It has always see seemed to me possible, and even probable, that there would be a resurrection of Islam and that our sons or our grandsons would see the renewal of that tremendous struggle between the Christian culture and what has been for more than a thousand years its greatest opponent."
These words were written by Hilaire Belloc in The Great Heresies in 1938.
It's remarkable how they can predict current events, even to the point of "our sons or our grandsons" which indeed we are.
The capability of making accurate predictions is considered as a sign, as in science, of having a correct hypothesis to explain the phenomena or the events, which obviously Belloc had.
Today we also have people with a deep knowledge and correct understanding of Islam who are making the right predictions derived from their true theories about Islam. What these authors say, for instance, is that the so-called "Arab Spring " will be playing in the hands of the Islamists, which they said from its inception and they are already being proven right, while the mainstream media and prevailing politically-correct opinion sees it as a triumph for democracy, which we can already see that it's not.
So, who makes the most accurate predictions and therefore best understands Islam?
These words were written by Hilaire Belloc in The Great Heresies in 1938.
It's remarkable how they can predict current events, even to the point of "our sons or our grandsons" which indeed we are.
The capability of making accurate predictions is considered as a sign, as in science, of having a correct hypothesis to explain the phenomena or the events, which obviously Belloc had.
Today we also have people with a deep knowledge and correct understanding of Islam who are making the right predictions derived from their true theories about Islam. What these authors say, for instance, is that the so-called "Arab Spring " will be playing in the hands of the Islamists, which they said from its inception and they are already being proven right, while the mainstream media and prevailing politically-correct opinion sees it as a triumph for democracy, which we can already see that it's not.
So, who makes the most accurate predictions and therefore best understands Islam?
Saturday, 1 September 2012
The West and Russia
I have found a way to write and send a post with my mobile phone. It's the first time so bear with me.
The West has a strange, almost schizophrenic attitude towards Russia.
Russia is a country which has spontaneously rejected communism and set to a path to democracy.
It's not perfect but the West should support it. Instead it seems to prefer to attack it at the first opportunity.
On the other hand, Western countries are mesmerized by the "Arab Spring" and believe that it is driven by pro-democracy fighters, whereas in reality the countries involved, be they Egypt, Lybia, Tunisia, Syria or Yemen, are going further away from democracy into the hands of radical Islamists.
The West also has as allies countries like Pakistan and Saudi Arabia , fully Sharia-compliant, and Turkey, another nation that is increasingly becoming Islamist.
It's true that the most unlikely and unholy alliances can be made for tactical reasons, but the West here is guilty of really bad double standards.
Romney, at the Republican National Convention, where he delivered an overall good speech , said that Russia and Putin should be shown some muscle.
I think that the West is doing exactly the opposite of what it should do.
Between the principles on which the West is based and the principles of Islam there is a logical contradiction. Logical contradictions cannot be solved any more than a circle can be squared. So there is no point in our attempts to find a dialogue with Islamic countries and in our being overoptimistic and excessively enthusiastic about developments there.
But, unlike logical contradictions, conflicts of interest can be solved with negotiation and compromise.
I think that there is a lot of prejudice and stereotyping about Russia in the West, where it's seen as the old enemy, the Soviet Union which is not any more.
The Pussy Riot case was immediately viewed as an attack on free speech by an oppressive regime, whereas it was nothing of the sort.
Russia and the West have a lot in common. Russia is a Christian nation, and it faces more Muslim threats than we do in the West. There are Islamic terrorists in the North Caucasus and in other parts of the country.
The West has a strange, almost schizophrenic attitude towards Russia.
Russia is a country which has spontaneously rejected communism and set to a path to democracy.
It's not perfect but the West should support it. Instead it seems to prefer to attack it at the first opportunity.
On the other hand, Western countries are mesmerized by the "Arab Spring" and believe that it is driven by pro-democracy fighters, whereas in reality the countries involved, be they Egypt, Lybia, Tunisia, Syria or Yemen, are going further away from democracy into the hands of radical Islamists.
The West also has as allies countries like Pakistan and Saudi Arabia , fully Sharia-compliant, and Turkey, another nation that is increasingly becoming Islamist.
It's true that the most unlikely and unholy alliances can be made for tactical reasons, but the West here is guilty of really bad double standards.
Romney, at the Republican National Convention, where he delivered an overall good speech , said that Russia and Putin should be shown some muscle.
I think that the West is doing exactly the opposite of what it should do.
Between the principles on which the West is based and the principles of Islam there is a logical contradiction. Logical contradictions cannot be solved any more than a circle can be squared. So there is no point in our attempts to find a dialogue with Islamic countries and in our being overoptimistic and excessively enthusiastic about developments there.
But, unlike logical contradictions, conflicts of interest can be solved with negotiation and compromise.
I think that there is a lot of prejudice and stereotyping about Russia in the West, where it's seen as the old enemy, the Soviet Union which is not any more.
The Pussy Riot case was immediately viewed as an attack on free speech by an oppressive regime, whereas it was nothing of the sort.
Russia and the West have a lot in common. Russia is a Christian nation, and it faces more Muslim threats than we do in the West. There are Islamic terrorists in the North Caucasus and in other parts of the country.
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