(see related)A rightwing
regional councillor on Wednesday denied saying if he had a gay
child he'd burn him to death.
"I said the exact opposite," said Liguria regional council
member Giovanni De Paoli, who is from the rightwing,
anti-immigrant Northern League party.
"Specifically, I said 'if I had a gay son, I wouldn't burn
him in the oven'."
"I admit I am a traditionalist," De Paoli continued. "You
think I exaggerated? I always tell the truth. It's what people
think. Family is a father and a mother...What would I do if I
had a homosexual son? If it were a disease I would cure him, but
I think it's a vice and there is no cure for it," he told La
Repubblica paper online.
"I won't apologize to anyone," he added.
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