During the presentation he expressed the desire to give one of his inimitable performances in the city’s Brancacci Chapel, which was frescoed by great Renaissance artist such as Masaccio, Masolino and Filippo Lippi. He told the crowd that he had informally tested the acoustics of the chapel when he was given a private tour by a monk from the monastery.
When asked his stand on adoption by gay couples, Mika answered: if a couple, whether male-female, two women or two men, invest in a long term love relationship, adoption could only be perceived as a positive and tolerant consequence. Of course the world needs some time before this attitude is a given, he added.
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