When the other day we saw the video of the American Secretary of State Marco Rubio with a sign of the cross made on the forehead, as is done on Ash Wednesday, first we remembered our maternal grandmother, who did it every Lent. Then we thought one account is a grandmother, another is a politician; It is one thing to bring the mark to the town square, another on TV. And we thought yes, Rubio is very Catholic and a traditionalist. But, in short, perhaps the thing was too scenic.
Then we heard Alessia Morani, who is a bit the Salvini of the Democratic Party, wonders
If Rubio’s gesture is “a political or mental health problem?”. And at this point we began to give Rubio right. Especially since the social networks have been flooded with photos of dozens of politicians who appeared in public with the cross on the forehead on Ash Wednesday: Biden, the Ultra Progressive Ocasio-Cortez, the very democratic mayor of Boston, etc. … despite this, in Italy, they criticized only Rubio.
If he had dressed as a woman asking to call himself Maria he would have become a hero.
Request. But the Kefiah, the Hindu Tilak, the
Burqa, the Jewish payots, are Buddhist Dharmacakra a political problem or is it Morani who has a mental problem?
Okay, come on.
It’s Lent. We forgive everything and forget the offenses and prejudices. But let’s remember one thing: that religious freedom is a non -negotiable value. Especially for the paladins of diversity like her, Mrs. Morani.