BRAVO GIUSEPPE POVIA!!!!!!

Italian Performer Sings Story of Conversion from Homosexuality at Music Festival

Homosexual activists enraged; complaint filed with European Court of Human Rights

By Matthew Cullinan Hoffman

SANREMO, ITALY, January 23, 2009 (LifeSiteNews.com) - Italian singer Giuseppe Povia is making waves in Italy with his new song recounting the conversion of a homosexual to heterosexuality.

The piece, which is to be performed for the first time at the Sanremo Festival* in Sanremo, Italy on February 21, tells the true story of Luca di Tolve, a young man who recently spoke of his conversion in the Italian newspaper Il Giornale.

Tolve attributes his former homosexuality to the divorce of his parents during his childhood, when his father left. "I remained alone in a feminine environment, playing with dolls. It is a mistake to believe that people are born gay," he said in the interview. "You fall in love with a man because that is what you would have wanted to be."

"Homosexuals experience a frenetic emotional nomadism," he went on to say. "It is understandable, like anyone, they look for something different from themselves. If in the other they find only something similar, the relationship can't be more than fleeting and compulsive. Stability and fidelity can't exist in the gay world."

Povia stated last December that he has converted two homosexual friends to heterosexuality, both of whom are now married, and said that "one is not born homosexual, but is converted to it." He is also known to have participated in the 2007 Family Day in Rome, organized to defend the right to life and family values.

Homosexual activists, enraged by Tolve's account and Povia's song, have accused Tolve of lying, and have begun a Facebook account to bring together those who wish to prevent Povia from singing at the Sanremo Festival. The organization "Arcigay" has reportedly threatened to disrupt the event.

In addition, European Parliament Deputy Vittorio Agnoleto has reportedly presented the case to the European Court of Human Rights and has asked the Parliament to review the song, claiming that its lyrics constitute a violation of the rights of homosexuals.

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This just shows how post-Christian Europe has become. If you tell the truth about the homosexual lifestyle, even if from personal experience, then you are condemned. Can you imagine their being the same outrage if the song attacked the Catholic Church. Except from the Church itself, I can't. The Court of Human Rights & Parliament would both throw out any complaint showing scorn & disdain toward whoever tried to defend the Church.

This is the same European Parliament that tried to push a constitution that ignored Europe's Christian heritage (the heritage that made Europe Europe) & extolled its pagan roots.

& don't forget, this is the same Europe that is upset with Papa Benedetto for reminding people of what the Catholic Church teaches about homosexuality. The Netherlands has begun an investigation into the Pope & many political leaders have attacked him for opposing homosexual marriage.

Then there was the outrage by the radical left, gay groups, and much of the media at the 2007 Family Day in Rome, Più Familia (More Family). That event wasn't organized by but it was supported by the Catholic Church. It drew 1.5 million participants.

& this is the way things are heading here in the USA as well. Think of the reaction to the Catholic Church's support of Proposition 8 in California. The persecution of Christians is coming out in the open more & more. We need to keep standing up & to be willing to speak out no matter what. They need to know we won't be silenced. Whatever the cost for speaking the truth, we will pay it.

Let's hope & pray that Sanremo doesn't give in to the pressure & ban the song. If they do ban it, then it will show how pazzo things really are over there.

*Sanremo is the premier music festival in Italy. It helped launch many careers & songs. Andrea Bocelli & Eros Ramazzotti are just a couple of artists who owe their success to an appearance at the festival. Nel Blu Dipinto di Blu, also known as Volare, was performed at this festival for the first time by Domenico Modugno in 1958.