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\"Guido 
\n 
\nby Eliseo Del Deserto<\/strong><\/a>
\n <\/p>\n

From the blog of Blog di Eliseo Del Deserto<\/a><\/i>, 28\/09\/13<\/p>\n

 <\/p>\n

Dear Mr. Guido Barilla,<\/p>\n

I’m writing because it is me who wishes to ask your forgiveness<\/b>! I’m a homosexual guy and I followed the debate that sparkled by your statement. I was bothered by the multiplying brouhaha, by the pointless battles: “shall we boycott or not<\/b>“, by the insipid list of the other pasta brands, by the fact that your picture was insulted and acclaimed.<\/p>\n

I’ve been living away from home for 4 years now and I can’t eat any other pasta brands, even if I would spare money, because the only one that reminds me of my family is the Barilla<\/b>. Maybe it’s because of advertising, maybe just because it’s the only pasta brand that my mother ever cooked for me.\u00a0I’m homosexual and I believe in the traditional family, too; and I don’t think<\/b> that other kind of unions could ever be defined as “evolution of family<\/b>“.<\/p>\n

When we are still little or young and we realize that we are homosexuals, we find it out for ourselves: we are different<\/b>. At the beginning, many people (no generalization here) consider this diversity as a handicap. After a first despair we seek a balance, a reason, happiness. Each and every one of us has his\/her own diversity to manage, that’s the truth.<\/p>\n

It is right to understand the traits of our diversity, to accept its limits. For example, two men will never generate<\/b> a child. Two women will never be a family, as it is considered in its traditional meaning. I’m not saying that homosexual unions should be outlawed or banished, and I’m sure that in a homosexual couple there can be a kind of warmth which is close to family intimacy.\u00a0However, the majority of us come from a traditional family. We are all sons and daughters! We know how much we need<\/b> a father, a father who is a real man, and a mother, a mother who thoroughly is a woman! I know this, every time that I deeply wish for a strong man to be next to me.<\/p>\n

Please forgive us Mr. Barilla! For the humiliating words<\/b> that you had to suffer, you and your firm, because of us, the homosexuals. Even if some people will disagree with me. I apologize to you, and I do it as one of them, despite everything else. Please forgive all the insults, the pressures, the boycotts, all the fruitless words of that bunch of roaring souls<\/b> who just go around looking for someone to devour.\u00a0Those people who had you apologize for words which weren’t offensive at all<\/b>, they have so much to learn about family.<\/p>\n

The violent, persecutory, intimidating attitude of these people, therefore a bully attitude<\/b>, together with the many utterances of gay pride that have been growing with the passing of time, they make me feel everything but<\/b> the pride of being homosexual. Again, please forgive us!<\/p>\n

Eliseo Del Deserto<\/strong><\/p>\n

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