MEXICO CITY,
06/08/2007 (LIOWLB / Enkidu Magazine): In Mexico City, the International Diversities Solidarity Day focused on the
Roman Catholic Church and its difficult relationship to the Sexual Diversities
with special
attention to the human rights situation for Gays and Lesbians
within the Roman Catholic Church, as well as the threat the
Roman Catholic Church poses in many countries in particular in
Latin America and Africa, where the Church still maintains an
unparalelled influence even in secular politics.
The
Vatican is a sovereign State, in fact an absolutist monarchy,
and should be treated as such. It is an unacceptable situation
that one state not only denies its citizens fundamental civil,
democratic and human rights, but also attempts to interfere in
the internal politics of other sovereign states.
The International Diversities Solidarity Day
in Mexico City was commemorated with a solidarity vigil in the Glorieta de
Insurgentes [Insurgentes Square], on Saturday August 4, in the heart of
Zona Rosa, our pink neighbourhood with many different
activities, artistic events and information stands by
different groups and organisations.
This year, 10
different organisations representing very different
diversities participated.
The 10 participating organisations have composed a letter to
the Pope in the form of “10 Commandments”.
Each
organisation has contributed with one of the commandments and
during the activities in the Glorieta de Insurgentes, the
organisations collected signatures all day long.
On Monday 6 August, the signatures will be delivered at
the
Embassy of the Vatican [Apostolic Nunciature] in Mexico City
together with a letter
from the 10 organisations.
The
letter from the 10 organizations to the Vatican
The
10 comandments of the 10 organisations
During the
Solidarity Vigil in Mexico City, the members of the different
organisations got together around noon. During the following
hours, the members of the organisations created beautifully
decorated banners with their commandments drawng a lot of
attention from people passing by. Many people passed by the
event which took place just outside the entrance of one of the
busiest metro stations in Mexico City and the activists could
communicate with a very diverse audience who wanted more information about the human rights abuses
within the Catholic Church and the situation of the sexual
diversities in general. Many individuals in the audience
expressed their approval and support for this public display of
activism and artistic creativity.
After the
process of creating the beautiful banners was completed, the
activists in the Glorieta displayed the banners in a public
ceremony. Manuel Amador from Mexico City's "Gay Men's
Forum" (Foro de Hombres Gay) gave a passionate speech,
emphaszing the importance of the secular democratic state as a
historical achivement that we must protect.
Manuel
Amador and Lars Ivar Owesen-Lein Borge in the Solidarity
vigil in Mexico City (Foto © Carlos Ramirez/Enkidu)
In continuation
Lars Ivar Owesen-Lein Borge read the letter from the
organisations aloud to the audience, and the solidarity vigil
ended with a special presentation by Artemisa Téllez Martínez
and ChiChiS Glam (Fabiola Jíménez) from the group "Las
Meras Efímeras".
Las
Meras Efímeras (Foto © Joao Arriaga/Enkidu Magazine)
Los
Martes de Enkidu
