The floral offering made before the Homage to The International by Pancho Lasso, on the occasion of the Constitutional Court's ruling on the Marriage Law, contains a beautiful metaphor. The Homage to The International spent ...
The floral offering made before the Homage to The International by Pancho Lasso, on the occasion of the Constitutional Court's ruling on the Marriage Law, contains a beautiful metaphor.
The Homage to The International spent decades hidden behind the convenient name of Homage to Music.
These were hard years, devoid of freedoms, and the artist had to hide the meaning of his work. The arrival of democracy allowed the real meaning to be revealed: a tribute to the socialist anthem and the desire for all the workers of the world to unite and be free, as the author's daughter, Lucía Lasso, said on the day the statue was placed.
Similarly, for too many years the sexual orientation of many has had to be hidden. Those who, being equal, took different options were not only subject to repressive legislation, but were also victims of a brutal homophobia that permeated daily life in all its aspects.
The arrival of democracy meant, among so many other things, the possibility that the figure of Pancho Lasso could recover his name and allowed tens of thousands of men and women to publicly express their sexual and affective option.
However, issues such as marriage for all without discrimination based on the sex of the contracting parties, adoption by homosexual couples and gender identity remained to be resolved, issues that were resolved in the first legislature of Rodríguez Zapatero, honoring the electoral commitment acquired.
Seven years later, and "thanks" to the Popular Party, the Constitutional Court has made it clear that the law was not only politically and socially necessary, but also legally correct.
The men and women of the PSOE have celebrated it with a floral offering before The Homage to The International and I think it is most appropriate. Both in the case of the sculptural work, as in the case of so many people who have chosen a different sexuality, the freedom that we are all conquering day by day, allows us to be on the street on an equal footing, saying who we are and being as we want to be.
Congratulations to all.
