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The PGR (Attorney General’s Office) asked the STF (Supreme Federal Court) to open an investigation to investigate any crime of prejudice against homosexuals by the Minister of Education, Milton Ribeiro.
The request was sent to court yesterday by the deputy attorney general of the Republic, Humberto Jacques, informed the PGR advisor.
In an interview with the newspaper O Estado de São Paulo published on Thursday (24), Ribeiro attributed the homosexuality of young people to “maladjusted families.” He said sex education is often used to encourage discussions about gender.
“I think that the adolescent who many times chooses to travel the path of homosexuality (sic) has a very close family context, just do an investigation. They are misfit families, some. The father lacks attention, the mother lacks attention. A 13-year-old who chooses to be gay, he has never been with a real woman, with a real man and walking. They are questions of values and principles, ”Ribeiro told the newspaper.
“His Excellency, at that time, made statements offensive to the dignity of the designated social group,” he wrote. Jacques in the piece sent to the Supreme Court.
THE Twitter It contacted the Education Ministry for a position on the request to open an investigation and is awaiting a return.
Before assuming the Ministry of Education, Ribeiro worked in the direction of the Mackenzie Presbyterian University and was a member of the Public Ethics Committee of the Presidency of the Republic. He is also a pastor.
On September 15, the minister sought to get rid of the evangelical bench saying that he does not represent the group and is not in office to do “preaching.”
Parliamentarians also call for an investigation
Parliamentarians are also asking the minister to investigate the conduct. Senator Fabiano Contarato (Rede-ES) claimed to have entered the Supreme Court on Thursday.
“He is a homophobic Minister of Education, who violently violates the principles of respect and equality among people enshrined in the Federal Constitution. My rejection, as a homosexual and as a citizen, is absolute to this prejudicial, medieval and sordid attack, which requires a reaction of all democratic institutions, ”he wrote in a note.
Federal deputy David Miranda (PSOL-RJ) claimed to have represented the PGR and defended the accusation of the minister for homophobia, according to him. “We do not accept that this government makes our life a platform to promote prejudice and hatred,” he said on Twitter.
