Speaking about the poor moment of Flamengo's forwards in the Brazilian Championship, Val Baiano made the following statement last week: - I trust in God. I think it's important to pray and to pray. I just don't like witchery. If it were good, it would be "boacumba." Who knows, maybe sprinkle holy water on the goalposts at Gávea. (source: yahoo)
This earned the player several criticisms, and in protest against a recent statement by the forward, the Commission for Combating Religious Intolerance (CCIR), which was founded by Umbanda and Candomblé practitioners, will hold a repudiation event against the player at the III March for Religious Freedom, next Sunday, at 11 am, at Posto Seis, in Copacabana.
We see this every day. On early mornings on TV Record, there's no point even mentioning it, there are offenses to Catholics, Spiritists, and Afro religions, let alone. Why? It's a matter of character, of upbringing. An interesting observation is that an individual born into an evangelical family doesn't find themselves making big criticisms of other religions; the same doesn't happen with so-called "converts," as they really make our ears bleed. This is naturally explained by them having found religion in the desperation of their lives, a consequence of their mistakes, and thus they believe that the failure of their existence stems from their previous religion, hence the attack.
Val Baiano is in trouble. If he weren't someone with a camera in his face, no one would give a damn about the purposeless nonsense he said. But they will forgive him, after all, he is black. Racist people!
