See
what you can make out of a kids pasta can! Have a grown up taste and
develop it into a full meal in minutes.
Take
a minute to learn about the Italian “Scalfarotto” Law and why it
is so important to us here in the USA. Read a short article after the
recipe.
Ingredients:
3
pieces Sweet Italian sausage, peeled and cooked loose
2
cans Beefaroni
½
red onion, chopped
4oz
low fat cream cheese
Directions:
Do
your cutting, chop the red onion and split the sausages down the
sides forcing out the mixture inside.
Heat
2 tbs oil in large skillet. Cook the sausage, stirring to loosen it,
about 7
minutes.
Drain well. Add the red onion, cook for about 3
minutes
more.
Open
the cans of beefaroni and add to skillet. Cut up the cream cheese
into 1 inch hunks and add. Stir this as the cheese melts. Heat until
very warm adjusting the taste with salt & pepper.
Suggested
side servings:
peach
halves with strawberry jam
Drain
the peaches and put a spoonful of strawberry preserves in the
“pocket”, dust with cinnamon.
Microwave
some plain green peas to serve as a side.
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The Italian Scalfarotto Law and why it is important to us here.
Italy
has one of the poorest records in Europe on LGBT rights.
A
major stumbling block to anti-discrimination laws is the right to
freedom of speech and expression.
That
“freedom” serves as a road block. These issues can be expected to
come from the current government in the United States. So lets look
at how this is playing out in Italy,
The
Mancino-Reale law, Italy's anti-discrimination law, was introduced in
the 1970s and extended in the 1990s to protect
religious affiliation.
In
2008, 2009 and 2011 proposals to include LGBT
discrimination were discussed in Parliament and turned down.
In
2013, following several episodes of violence against LGBT
people, Ivan Scalfarotto, member of the Democratic Party,
brought up a new proposal. The 'no' camp, resumed its attack on the
legislative proposal.
Not
only was there no clear-cut definition of terms such as
homosexuality, transsexuality, sexual orientation and gender
identity, but the latter also appeared as only subjectively
measurable and based on individual, potentially changeable sexual
preferences.
Many
opponents of the amendment said it would weaken freedom of
expression. It was stated that: a person who vocally rejects marriage
between gays or adoption by homosexuals, could be charged for
criminal offense. So would a mother who attempts to dissuade
her daughter from marrying a bisexual, or a father who decides not to
rent a property he owns to his son, who wants to move in with his
male partner.
Then
in 2013, when the final version was approved, it included a
key amendment. This states that the expression of opinions in the
context of political, cultural, religious, educational organizations,
so long as they do not incite to violence, does not constitute
discrimination.
With
the approval of the Scalfarotto law, all hell broke loose. The
Italian gay community was caught unaware. How could the government
condone legislation that punishes individual discrimination, but
glosses over discrimination at the hand of organizations? In their
case, the Roman Catholic Church.
In
the final version of the bill, some offenses are no longer
punishable by law, such as 'propaganda' activities promoting
homophobic and transphobic ideas and the 'instigation to violence
against homosexuals and transexuals', while others such as the
'diffusion of homophobic/transphobic ideas' and 'the incitement to
violence' are. These render any judgment or assessment highly
discretionary.
While
the bill was initially intended to protect a disadvantaged social
group, in the name of freedom of speech it has been twisted to suit
the likes of the powerful.
Result
of recent research on discrimination against the LGBT community in
Italy point out the pressing needs. Not only are gays, lesbians and
transgender people often victims of verbal and physical abuse, they
are also denied access to certain job positions, merely due to their
sexual orientation. Landlords often refuse to rent or sell properties
to transgender people claiming “ the fear of their involvement in
sex work”. And while civil unions are viable in several Italian
cities, many municipalities have voted against the motion.
The
Scalfarotto law is a mess. Most importantly - the bill fails to
recognize that the LGBT community is a disadvantaged minority in
Italian society, whose needs and desires are often suffocated by the
whims of influential majority groups. Today in the U.S. We are
hearing the cries of “religious Freedom” used in an effort to
reverse the gains made over the last few years.
If
we are not watchful, we may end up with our own version of the
Scalfarotto Law.
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