I came across the enclosed article. What intrigued me is the following
paragraph:
At a church service in Brasilia on Sunday, Pastor Otaviano Miguel da
Silva urged his followers not to vote for candidates from Rousseff's
ruling Workers' Party because "it approves of homosexuality, lesbianism,
and is in favor of abortion."
I do not know exactly how much negative influence has this had on the
election of Dilma Rousseff. However, it indicates what the priority of
at least this priest has.
Best regards,
U. G. Barad
Rousseff leads Brazil election but runoff likely Sun, Oct 3 2010
Brian Winter
http://www.reuters.com/article/idUSTRE6911JR20101003
SAO PAULO (Reuters) - Ruling party candidate Dilma Rousseff led Brazil's
presidential election on Sunday, but she will almost certainly face a
runoff after some voters were turned off at the last minute by a
corruption scandal and her views on social issues.
Rousseff, a former Marxist guerrilla leader who vows to continue the
pragmatic center-left policies that have made Brazil one of the world's
fastest-growing emerging market economies, had 45.2 percent of valid
votes with 83 percent of ballots counted.