Thank you Mercedes Bresso for having been able to raise with great courage and determination the issue that the State has the duty to take care of Eluana, without taking into account the increasingly hateful interference perpetrated by the Catholic hierarchies.
You represent the hope that in Italy too it is possible to govern, to address people's concrete problems, combining decision-making ability with the attention that politics deserves to respect every point of view, the secular nature of institutions, and the defense and protection of all differences.
We had you at our side when you held the positions of President of the Province of Turin and MEP; President of the Piedmont Region you supported, as no one has ever done in this country, the Turin National Pride 2006, putting our face, financial support, and political weight on the line.
Even compared to the "You'll never get better!" rally organized in Brescia for Saturday, January 24th, where we will protest against the holding of courses disguised as religious lessons that aim to cure homosexuality You assured us of your constant moral support: against all forms of racism, xenophobia, homophobia.
We always hope that one day we, as LGBT people, will be able to, along with so many other Italian citizens, go to the polls and vote for a national leader of your moral caliber.
Aurelio Mancuso, National President of Arcigay
