Brazilian Evangelical Caucus Condemns Venezuelan Dictator for “Homophobia”
By Julio Severo
Rep. João Campos
(PSDB-GO), who heads the Evangelical Parliamentary Caucus in the Brazilian
Congress, introduced a proposition against Venezuelan dictator Nicolás Maduro.
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As reported by
GospelPrime, Campos’ proposition came in answer to the recent demonstrations
against the permanence of Feliciano in the HRC presidency. The demonstrations
have been provoked by the ruling Workers’ Party and other socialist parties
that are favorable to the Maduro dictatorship.
“I think that
this committee has the duty of manifesting its view by rejecting this
prejudiced and bigoted behavior,” João Campos said.
The proposition
condemns declarations by Maduro which, if made by Feliciano or Pentecostal
televangelist Silas Malafaia, would have been unceremoniously condemned by the
Workers’ Party and by the mainstream liberal media as blatantly “homophobic.”
Opportunistic Communist “Homophobia”
In a speech
against candidate Henrique Capriles, the dictator hinted that his political
opponent in the elections for the Venezuelan presidency was a homosexual. Last
March 12, Maduro said in Caracas: “Yes, I do have a woman, did you listen? I
like women.” Next, Maduro kissed his wife. The intention was clearly to
indispose the opponent with the more conservative feelings of the voters.
Capriles, 40, is
single. At that time, he responded, “I want to send a message rejecting the
homophobic declarations of Maduro. It is not the first time. I believe in a
society without exclusion, in which nobody is excluded by his views, his
beliefs, his sexual orientation.”
The Workers’
Party and its allies did nothing to condemn the “homophobia” of Maduro. The
Dilma Rousseff administration didn’t send any protest memo to the Venezuelan
government.
The situation of
Capriles is very similar to what Gilberto Kassab suffered in the mayorship
election of São Paulo in 2008. His political opponent was Marta Suplicy, a
Workers’ Party member, whose electoral TV show asked: “Is Kassab married? Does
he have children?” The man responsible for the question—aimed at neutralizing
the chances of candidate Kassab—was Workers’ Party political advisor João
Santana.
According to Reinaldo
Azevedo (columnist of Veja, the Brazilian counterpart of Time magazine),
Santana is now an advisor for Maduro in Venezuela.
Woe to Marco
Feliciano, Silas Malafaia or Yours Truly if any of us say that a candidate is
disqualified on the basis of sodomy.
But Nicolás
Maduro and Marta Suplicy, with Santana’s assistance, get away with attacking
their political opponents with insinuations of homosexuality. Of course, they
wouldn't think of confronting gay activists’ demonstrations disturbing their
meetings and accusing them of “homophobic,” “fundamentalist,” “bigoted,” etc.
The Workers’
Party friends have carte blanche to trample homosexuals who get in their way.
But if a Christian opens his mouth to say that in the Bible God condemns
homosexuality, they crush him.
The gay
movement, behaving like a group of dim witted sheep, only bleats angrily at the
victims pointed out by the Workers’ Party. No bleating at the Venezuelan
dictator. No bleating at Suplicy.
The only public
figure in Brazil denounced Suplicy for her inconsistences and opportunism was
the late Clodovil Hernandes, the most visible homosexual in the country. But he
was hated by the Workers’ Party and by the dim witted sheep, because he openly
opposed hate crimes bills and gay “marriage.”
Good Intentions of the Evangelical Caucus Backfire
The intention
behind the proposition of the Evangelical Caucus is to instigate the Brazilian
Congress to counter the inconsistency of the Workers’ Party and other
socialists, who condemn Pentecostal ministers like Feliciano for any view
opposing to homosexuality, but they turn a blind eye to socialists’ attitudes
that sully sacred homosexuality.
The intention is
good and merits congratulations. But the implementation of it may backfire,
because if Maduro can be condemned for “homophobia” for expressing rejection
(or for outwitting) of the political opponent’s homosexuality, who can protect
the Evangelical Caucus from propositions that likewise condemn what the
Workers’ Party and other socialists see as “homophobia” in Marco Feliciano,
Silas Malafaia and Julio Severo?
The Evangelical
Parliamentary Caucus (EPC) proposition against Maduro can legitimate similar
propositions against everyone in the front lines of the fight against gay
agenda tyranny.
The ideal field
for the EPC to show this Workers’ Party inconsistency—condemnation of
Feliciano, but cover for dictator Maduro, is a denunciation from the floor of
the Congress.
Showing solidarity to the communist tyranny or its victims?
Does Maduro
deserve a negative proposition coming from the Brazilian Congress? Of course he
does! A proposition condemning the Venezuelan dictator for his connections with
the murderous communist government in Cuba and his tyrannical control over
Venezuela would be most welcome.
Years ago, Brazilian
Protestant leader Ariovaldo Ramos traveled in an entourage of allies of the
socialist Brazilian president Lula to show solidarity to dictator Hugo Chávez.
After the death of Chávez, Ramos thanked God “for the privilege of having lived
together with this personality of my generation.”
Ramos, a former
World Vision president in Brazil, also said: “The best thing one can say of a
man is that, because he passed through here, the world is a better place! One
can say this of Hugo Chávez!”
That is the same
Ramos who represents the Brazilian evangelical left very well and who signed a
public manifesto against Feliciano. With Gilberto Carvalho, a Workers’ Party
strong man, he also recently formed a partnership with the Workers’ Party
government on behalf of the evangelical population.
In Ramos, the
people of Venezuela saw an evangelical leader who represented Brazilian
evangelicals in the support of the communist tyranny that took hold in
Venezuela.
Up to now the
Venezuelan people have seen no sign from Brazil that Brazilian evangelical
leaders disagree with Ramos and his deplorable support of the Venezuelan
tyranny. No Brazilian evangelical representative traveled to the oppressed
Venezuelan nation to show solidarity to the victims of communism.
I look forward
for the Evangelical Parliamentary Caucus, represented by its president Rep.
João Campos, to launch a much needed, long-awaited campaign against this
tyranny.
And I look
forward for the Human Rights Committee under the presidency of Feliciano to do
what it has never done when it was under the control of the Workers’ Party and
accomplices: to condemn the systematic violations of human rights of Christians
in Cuba, Iran and other nations ruled by tyrants friends of the Workers’ Party.
With
information of Reinaldo Azevedo, UOL Notícias and GospelPrime.
Portuguese version of this article: Bancada evangélica condena ditador da
Venezuela por “homofobia”
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