Francisco Eurico da Silva

Francisco Eurico da Silva (born 12 September 1962) more commonly known as Pastor Eurico is a Brazilian politician and pastor. Although born in São Paulo, he has spent his political career representing Pernambuco, having served as federal deputy representative since 2011.[1]

Eurico da Silva
Eurico da Silva in September 2015
Federal Deputy for Pernambuco
Assumed office
1 January 2011
Personal details
Born (1962-09-12) 12 September 1962
Presidente Prudente, São Paulo, Brazil
Political partyPATRI (2018–)
PHS (2016-2018)
PSB (2010-2016)
Not to be confused with Eurico Rosa da Silva.

Personal life

Silva was born to João Eurico da Silva and Djanira Soares da Silva.[1] He is a pastor of the Assembleias de Deus church.[2]

Political career

Silva was the author of a bill known in Brazil as "Gay Cure", which allows treatments aimed at reversing homosexuality. The bill, which had already been presented by other parliamentarians and was widely criticized during the 2013 protests in Brazil, amends resolutions of the Brazilian Federal Council of Psychology that prohibit psychologists from considering homosexuality a disease or that try to reverse sexual orientation.[3][4] However, after the request of his party, Silva withdrew the draft bill and asked for its filing.[5]

Silva voted in favor of the impeachment against then-president Dilma Rousseff and political reformation.[6] He would later back Rousseff's successor Michel Temer against a similar impeachment motion, and also voted in favor of the Brazil labor reform (2017).[7] He joined the Patriot party in 2018.

Feud with Xuxa

Silva had a well publicised spat with Brazilian television personality Xuxa. The latter, who is affectionately known in Brazil as "Queen of Little Children" for her television programs aimed at kids, was rebuked by Silva in a public hearing about a bill to ban child corporal punishment in the home by parents and adult guardians. The congressman said that Xuxa's presence in the Chamber of Deputies would be an affront to children because Xuxa was part of the cast of the 1980 film Love Strange Love, in which the character played by Xuxa has sexual relations with a 12-year old boy.[8][9]

References
  1. "PASTOR EURICO – Biografia". Câmara dos Deputados do Brasil (in Portuguese). Retrieved 3 March 2019.
  2. "Até algumas lideranças evangélicas se corromperam, diz pastor Eurico sobre votos a favor de Temer". guiame.com.br (in Portuguese). 30 October 2017. Retrieved 3 March 2019.
  3. Passarinho, Nathalia (12 May 2014). "Deputado reapresenta na Câmara projeto de lei que autoriza a 'cura gay'". G1 (in Portuguese). Retrieved 11 January 2021.
  4. "Projeto 'cura gay' volta a tramitar na Comissão de Direitos Humanos da Câmara". Estado de Minas (in Portuguese). 13 May 2014. Retrieved 11 January 2021.
  5. Néri, Felipe (16 June 2014). "A pedido do PSB, deputado pede para arquivar projeto de 'cura gay'". G1 (in Portuguese). Retrieved 11 January 2021.
  6. "Reforma trabalhista: como votaram os deputados" (in Portuguese). Carta Capital. 27 April 2017. Archived from the original on 9 April 2012. Retrieved 18 September 2017.
  7. "Como votou cada deputado sobre a denúncia contra Temer" (in Portuguese). Carta Capital. 4 August 2017. Archived from the original on 9 April 2012. Retrieved 18 September 2017.
  8. "Autor do projeto da "Cura Gay" ofende Xuxa e é expulso de comissão da Câmara". GZH (in Portuguese). 21 May 2014. Retrieved 11 January 2021.
  9. "Deputado que ofendeu Xuxa em sessão retorna à Comissão de Justiça". O Tempo (in Portuguese). 3 July 2014. Retrieved 11 January 2021.


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