Recently Massimo Introvigne wrote a letter entitled “Lettera di Massimo Introvigne agli amici di Malta sul divorzio” a letter which immediately attracted the interest of the group “Le B’Rispett Lejn il-Ġejjieni”. For those less familiar with the name of Massimo Introvigne, it would be interesting to note that he is indeed an Italian sociologist with a world wide reputation. He is also a member of the OSCE (Organization for Security and Co-Operation in Europe). A few days ago the group “Le B’Rispett Lejn il-Ġejjieni” discussed an article about Malta written by David Quinn. Like David Quinn, Massimo Introvigne takes the experience of his country Italy after the introduction of divorce and uses that experience to pass a message within the local debate which Introvigne claims to be following with keen interest.
Introvigne states that the introduction of divorce always leads to a whole plethora of social consequences and that anyone stating to the contrary is speaking with an election in mind or as he aptly puts it in Italian, “bugie elettorali”. In fact Introvigne writes,“Da quando in Italia è stato introdotto il divorzio, è crollato il numero di coloro che si sposano, in costante diminuzione dal 1974 a oggi. Ormai in Italia il 21,7% dei bambini nasce fuori del matrimonio (dati ISTAT riferiti al 2009), con drammatiche conseguenze…tutte “piaghe sociali” contro le quali la famiglia stabile è l’unica possibile protezione” (Since Italy introduced divorce, marriages have decreased and this in a consistent manner from 1974 until today. At present 21.7% of children in Italy are born out of wedlock (ISTAT 2009) and this with dramatic consequences…all of which have are socially problematic and which can only be tackled with the protection which only a stable family can offer).
Introvigne concludes with a specific warning to Malta when he states, “Quando si comincia a scivolare sul piano inclinato della negazione dei valori naturali della vita e della famiglia non c’è più modo di fermarsi. Sarà inutile rimpiangere dopo quanto non sarà stato fatto il 28 maggio 2011. Per questo chi ha fatto l’esperienza del 1974 – e del dopo 1974 – in Italia non può che supplicare accoratamente i maltesi: dite no al divorzio, fermate subito la cultura che dice no alla famiglia e alla vita. Dal 29 maggio sarà troppo tardi” (When one starts the slippery slope when it comes to the negation of the natural values of life and family there is no stopping this. It is useless crying once the affair is complete on May 28th 2011. The Italian experience in 1974 and post 1974 sends a message to all Maltese that they should say no to divorce to stop this culture of saying no the family and no to life. On May 29th it will be too late).
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