Takeshi Kitano, seorang komedian, pembawa acara, aktor film, sutradara kenamaan dan pecinta seni yang lahir di Tokyo ini belakangan menjadi sorotan publik di Jepang. Dia rupanya tidak senang dengan kaum homo atau gay.
Dua minggu lalu dunia dikejutkan dengan pernyataan Presiden Amerika Serikat yang mendukung kaum gay dan lesbian. Minggu lalu dunia dikejutkan dengan pernikahan sesama jenis yang akan dilaksanakan di Tokyo Disneyland. Sekarang Takeshi Kitano yang angkat bicara. Kenapa kita bisa tahu kalau dia tidak senang? Karena dia menyebutkan bahwa pernikahan sesama jenis itu sama seperti manusia berhubungan dengan binatang.
Wow. Sadis juga ya pernyataan sang mega bintang ini. Setelah Obama menyatakan dukungannya terhadap legalitas pernikahan antar sesama jenis, para wartawan lantas mewawancarai Takeshi untuk meminta pendapatnya tentang hal ini.
“Jadi Obama mendukung pernikahan kaum homo. Tidak lama lagi kita akan mendukung pernikahan dengan binatang,” kata Takeshi yang terlihat serius. Kita boleh saja tidak setuju, tapi ya tidak perlu sesadis itu kan? Tapi bagaimana dengan pendapat kamu; apakah benar suatu hari nanti kita akan melihat kenyataan bahwa manusia akan menikah dengan binatang secara resmi dihadapan hukum?
sumber : www.jepang.net
photo : AFP
TOKYO —
Gay rights campaigners in Japan hit out Thursday at Takeshi “Beat” Kitano after the award-winning actor-director compared same-sex marriage with bestiality.
Kitano, whose yakuza gangster films are popular around the world, enraged activists with his comments on a popular current affairs show as guests were being asked for their opinions on Barack Obama’s stance on gay marriage.
“Obama supports gay marriage. You would support a marriage to an animal eventually, then,” Kitano said after being shown footage of people celebrating the U.S. president’s comments.
Gays and lesbians do not usually encounter outright hostility in Japan, but there are few rights built into law for same-sex couples and there is little public debate on gay marriage.
Taiga Ishikawa, a gay activist and Tokyo assembly member who was among those shown celebrating in the program on Saturday, said the remark was unbecoming for someone of Kitano’s global stature.
“He is a world famous film director. It is disappointing that such an influential figure made that kind of negative comment,” Ishikawa told AFP.
“As a movie director, he must be a person with a great sense of imagination. I wish he had been able to put himself in the position of gay and lesbian people in society.”
Kitano, whose 1997 film Hana-bi won the Golden Lion at Venice, is a regular feature on Japanese television, hosting his own weekly show.
Last week Obama became the first sitting U.S. president to openly back gay marriage, an issue that sharply divides America.
Earlier this week, Tokyo Disney Resort confirmed same-sex wedding ceremonies could be held at hotels inside the popular theme park.
source : www.japantoday.com
