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"Mr President, ladies and gentlemen, I am one of the slightly more than 100 MEPs who voted against this motion for a resolution. I did so not because I do not support the complete and utter condemnation of homophobia, or because I do not agree that the European Union should be the first to abide by its Charter of Fundamental Rights. Rather, it is because I believe that that which has been included in paragraph 11, as Ms Mazzoni also said, is a surreptitious attempt – it is a film that we see over and over again.
For every time we talk about topics that broadly or roughly relate to the issue of gender recognition, there is always someone who, for political ends or to push through a law on the recognition of non-male or non-female genders that he or she thinks Europe should impose on the Member States, introduces points that have nothing to do with what is being discussed.
I believe that this Europe that is trying to introduce legislation on something that departs from the laws of nature that created men and women is a Europe that should seek to re-examine its position and that should do more to safeguard everyone’s civil and sexual rights rather than take advantage of items such as this to introduce points that are completely extraneous to this issue.
It was with a heavy heart, therefore, that I voted against this resolution."@en1
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