2012 - Mika joins in with other artists to support marriage for all

[BiaIchihara]

"Nous artistes et personnalités du monde du spectacle, nous sommes d’une génération pour qui le mariage pour tous est une évidence". C'est ainsi que commence une lettre publiée par une quarantaine d'artistes qui s'engagent pour le mariage pour tous, alors que le débat continue à agiter le pays.

 

Même si la question fait un peu moins couler d'encre qu'il y a quelques semaines, le débat sur le mariage pour tous est loin d'être terminé. Et il faut dire que, même si la question est souvent posée aux artistes dans le cadre d'interviews, ils étaient restés ici assez silencieux dans leur ensemble sur le sujet. Un constat partagé par Olivier Ottin, manager d'Emmanuel Moire, et l'attaché de presse Thomas Pawlowski, qui ont décidé de tout faire pour y remédier.

 

« On était effaré par l’immobilisme du milieu artistique qui pourtant donne souvent de grandes leçons de morale. On a lancé cette pétition quelques jours avant la publication de la tribune dans Le Monde, co-signée par Alex Beaupain, Pierre Bergé, Josiane Balasko… Cette pétition nous a redonné de l’espoir, on a continué notre démarche en essayant d’être plus populaire pour toucher plus de monde. On a essuyé de nombreux refus, bien plus qu’on ne le pensait, même de la part d’artistes qui ont chanté l’homosexualité, comme quoi… », expliquent les deux hommes.

 

Mais une quarantaine d'artistes à répondu présents, certains homosexuels, d'autres non. Parmi eux, Emmanuel Moire, gagnant de "Danse avec les stars" saison 3 et qui se réjouissait récemment que TF1 l'accueille dans le casting de l'émission. « Je trouve que c'est déjà bien que je fasse partie d'un programme comme ça sur TF1 qui est une grande chaîne populaire, avec qui je suis, ma personnalité, tout le monde le sait, ce n'est pas caché », expliquait-il au début de l'aventure à nos confrères de puremedias.com. Lorie, qui a elle aussi participé à l'émission cette saison jusqu'à son élimination en demi-finale, figure également parmi les signataires, tout comme Julien Clerc, Patricia Kaas, Jenifer ou encore MIKA, qui a fait son coming out plus tôt cette année.

 

On compte également parmi les signataires l'humoriste Alex Lutz, l'animatrice Valérie Damidot, son collègue Christophe Beaugrand ou encore les chanteurs Quentin Mosimann, Sheryfa Luna et Sofia Essaidi. Ont également accepté de s'engager Al Hy, Alex Goude, Anggun, Anaïs, Amandine Bourgeois, Barbara Carlotti, Baptiste Lecaplain, Baz’art à nanas, Ben Mazué, Chris Mayne, Clarika, Dominique A, Elsa Lunghini, Jeanne Cherhal, Jean Pierre Danel, Jennifer Ayache de Superbus, Julie Zenatti, Karima Charni, Karine Ferri, Keren Ann, L, La Grande Sophie, RoBERT, Laurent Lamarca, Mademoiselle K, Medhi Zannad, Merwan Rim, Mutine, Séverin, Sophie Carpentier, Tal, Thomas Fersen, Thierry Gali, Valérie Damidot, Ysa Ferrer et China Moses.

 

C'est au nom de l'égalité et uniquement de l'égalité que les artistes s'engagent pour le mariage pour tous, comme l'indique le texte autour duquel ils se rassemblent :

 

Nous artistes et personnalités du monde du spectacle,

Nous ne parlerons pas ici de politique.

Nous ne parlerons pas ici de religion.

Nous ne parlerons que d’égalité,

Nous sommes d’une génération pour qui le mariage pour tous est une évidence. Nous côtoyons chaque jour dans nos métiers, dans nos vies personnelles et amicales des homosexuels, célibataires, en couple, avec ou sans enfants, avec ou sans le désir d’enfant.

Nous sommes tous issus d’une famille dite « traditionnelle ». Pour autant, certains d’entre-nous ont connu la famille mixte, monoparentale, de cause ou de fait, certains ont été élevés par un tiers, pour autant nous sommes fiers de notre identité et ces différences nous ont rendues plus forts.

Aujourd’hui, nous ne supportons plus de voir en France des gays et lesbiennes injuriés, nous ne supportons plus de voir nos amis, nos familles, nos fans injuriés.

Nous ne voulons pas d’une France ou certains seraient stigmatisés, nous ne voulons pas d’une France où il y aurait des sous citoyens.

Nous en appelons à la tolérance, à l’ouverture d’esprit de chacun au nom du « Bien vivre ensemble ».

Nous artistes et personnalités du monde du spectacle nous prenons positions et soutenons le mariage et l’adoption pour tous.

 

Source: http://www.chartsinfrance.net/actualite/news-83201.html

 

 

Thanks to @MineMichele and @MikaFanClub for sharing on Twitter ^^

[robertina]

:thumb_yello:

[French Deb]

Oh I'm soooo glad he signed this act

We are in the middle of political debate about the "wedding for all", including homosexual people. And I was really proud that he stood for that too, besides other French artists, even if he isn't French

[Blue Sky]

We've come a looooong way baby.

[mellody]

t4p! there's a discussion about it in germany as well atm, i wish mika would sign something like that here too. :rolls_eyes:

 

for those who read mfc from their mobile and don't know french, here's the google translate version of the article:

 

"We artists and personalities from the entertainment world, we are a generation for whom marriage is obvious to all." Thus begins a letter published by some forty artists who are committed to marriage for all, while the debate continues to shake the country.

 

Even if the question is a little less quelled a few weeks ago, the debate on marriage for all is far from over. And I must say that, even if the question is often asked artists through interviews, they remained fairly quiet here in their entirety on the subject. A view shared by Olivier Ottin, Emmanuel Moire manager and press officer Thomas Pawlowski, who decided to do anything about it.

 

"We were appalled by the inaction of the arts which nevertheless often gives great moral lessons. This petition was launched a few days before the publication of the article in Le Monde, co-signed by Alex Beaupain, Pierre Bergé, Josiane Balasko ... This petition us renewed hope, we continued our efforts in trying to be most popular reach more people. It has suffered many rejections, much more than previously thought, even from artists who sang homosexuality as anything ... "say the two men.

 

But forty artists responded to present some gay, some not. Among them, Emmanuel Moire, winner of "Dancing with the Stars" season 3 and recently rejoiced that the TF1 welcomes the cast of the show. "I think it is well that I do as part of a program on TF1 that is a large chain popular with who I am, my personality, everyone knows, it is not hidden," he explained at the beginning of our adventure puremedias.com colleagues. Lorie, who also participated in the show this season until its elimination in the semi-finals, is also among the signatories, as Julien Clerc, Patricia Kaas, Jenifer or MIKA, who made his coming out earlier this year.

 

There are also among the signatories comedian Alex Lutz, host Valerie Damidot his colleague Christophe Beaugrand or singers Quentin Mosimann, Sheryfa Luna Sofia and Essaidi. Also agreed to engage Hy Al, Alex Goude, Anggun, Anaïs, Amandine Bourgeois, Barbara Carlotti, Baptiste Lecaplain, Baz'art to girls, Mazué Ben, Chris Mayne, Clarks, Dominique A, Elsa Lunghini, Jeanne Cherhal, Jean Pierre Danel, Jennifer Ayache of Superbus, Julie Zenatti Karima Charni, Karine Ferri, Keren Ann, L, La Grande Sophie, RoBERT Laurent Lamarca, Mademoiselle K, Mehdi Zannad, Merwan Rim, Malison, Severin, Sophie Carpentier, Tal, Thomas Fersen, Thierry Gali, Valerie Damidot, Ysa Ferrer and China Moses.

 

In the name of equality and equality that only artists are committed to marriage for all, as indicated in the text around which they gather:

 

We artists and personalities from the entertainment world,

We will not talk about politics.

We shall not discuss religion.

We only talk about equality,

We are a generation for whom marriage is obvious to all. We encounter every day in our jobs, in our personal lives and gay friendly, singles, couples with or without children, with or without the desire for children.

We all come from a "traditional family". However, some of us have experienced mixed family, parent, event or fact, some have been brought by a third party, provided we are proud of our identity and these differences have made stronger.

Today, we no longer support to see France gays and lesbians abused, we no longer support to see our friends, our families, our fans insulted.

We do not want a France or some are stigmatized, we do not want a France where there would be under citizens.

We call for tolerance and openness of each in the name of "Living well together."

We artists and personalities from the entertainment world and positions we support marriage and adoption for all.

[BiaIchihara]

t4p! there's a discussion about it in germany as well atm, i wish mika would sign something like that here too. :rolls_eyes:

 

for those who read mfc from their mobile and don't know french, here's the google translate version of the article

 

thanks for posting, Karin ^^

[Julia Welcomes]

it seems Mika is the only British celebrity who signed it....

[French Deb]

it seems Mika is the only British celebrity who signed it....

 

Yes he is, and to be honest, I think he is the only "non-french" artist who signed it... With "non-french" I mean non-francophone, as he is half american-lebanon and doesn't live in France, even if he does speak French fluently...

So proud he signed that

[Alie]

It's still not legal in France ? What a shame, it's legal here and I think it should be legal everywhere.. Very happy Mika joins this action !

[French Deb]

No, it's not

 

Well, the actual government wants to legalize it with a law, in 2013, but this project creates big political and society debates... Some people and political want to make a referendum in France to see if the French people really want the "wedding for all" or not...

I think the law will pass at the Assembly, as the government has majority, but it's not done

 

They say France is the country of "freedom" and of the "Declaration of the Rights of Man and of the Citizen, (or Bill of Rights)" ... but only when it's convenient for them (politics, etc.)...

[Christine]

I don't think an issue like this should be open to referendum. That's why you have a bill of rights. Some rights should not be infringed based on shifting public opinions.

 

Personally I think all marriage should be abolished because as long as divorce is permitted the whole thing is a farce. But since married couples are provided with certain legal benefits it should be an option for everyone.

[French Deb]

I don't think an issue like this should be open to referendum. That's why you have a bill of rights. Some rights should not be infringed based on shifting public opinions.

 

 

I totally agree with that... I don't understand why they want to open a referendum in that kind of issue...

[Marilyn Mastin]

It's still not legal in France ? What a shame, it's legal here and I think it should be legal everywhere.. Very happy Mika joins this action !

Yes, its good he speaks out on what he believes in.