Pedro Passos Coelho, former Prime Minister, presented this Monday in Lisbon the book “Identity and Family”. The work consists of several texts by figures of Portuguese public life “on the importance of the central pillar of social life: the family.”
At the book launch, the former politician said that “most people have a very similar ideal of family,” adding that “there is no institution that can replace the family.”
The book, on sale March 12, attacks “gender ideology” and the “culture of death,” which she calls “the enemy of the family.” Family is portrayed as “natural, universal and timeless,” a value that does not change, according to the work, “despite constant changes in society.”
It was alsodictated by Oficina do Livro and includes the contributions of 22 figures such as Jaime Nogueira Pinto, Manuel Clemente, Manuela Ramalho Eanes, João César das Neves, Isabel Galriza Neto, Guilherme D’Oliveira Martins or José Ribeiro y Castro, “authors who “In general, they contribute to the formation of an ethical profile of life in society, paying special attention to the institution of the family.”
According to the Expresso newspaper, The work points to a “culture of death,” and among the evidence in the book is that of Pedro Vaz Patto, president of the National Justice and Peace Commission, who opposes gay marriage or legislation that “facilitates divorce.”