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Giancarlo Gentilini
Italian Gays Protest Mayor's Very Anti-Gay Statements
Conservative Mayor Suggests Sexual Cleansing, Gays Suggest Resignation

Treviso, Italy mayor Giancarlo Gentilini garnered some anti-gay protest this weekend after threatening to "ethnically clean" "faggots". In remarks on a radio show last week, Gentilini recalled Hitler's final solution when he said,

I will immediately give orders to my forces so that they can carry out an ethnic cleansing of faggots. The faggots must go to other [places] where they are welcome. Here in Treviso there is no chance for faggots or the like.

Damn, that shit makes Fort Lauderdale mayor Jim Naugle's robo-toilet suggestion sound like an invitation to tea.

About 1,000 people turned up in Trevio's town square to shake a fist at Gentilini, calling for a criminal investigation and suggesting a resignation.

And, more than that, they swear to keep up the fight until Gentilini's punished for his sin.

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