Posted on 07/14/2008 9:45:36 AM PDT by Dukes Travels
Southerners have never been known for tolerance or progressive diversity measures. Some of the country’s most pivotal historical moments and controversial court decisions concern local authorities violating civil rights.
If you just rolled your eyes thinking, “What did the Texans do now?” I’m sorry to disappoint you. The setting for this particular incident is thousands of miles to the east, in the south of Italy, where Sicilian authorities forced a man to retake a driving test or have his license suspended because he is gay.
The man’s license was renewed for a year, rather than the standard 10 years, because he is a homosexual. A court ruled that the authorities’ actions, that of considering homosexuality a mental illness, were unconstitutional. The man deemed the decision a victory for civil rights. Apparently Italians have some low standards for what constitutes civil rights progress, but these days, open-mindedness is hard to find in Italian politics.
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Snobby elitists are naturally racists.
I doubt the Sicilian welfarestaters picked on the gay guy simply because he's gay ~ what happened is that he would not pay the mordita traditionally required.
Interesting that it got into court, and the Berlusconi government's judges gave him a win.
There are serious things to complain about in Italy but a Berlusconi government isn't among them. Italians should count themselves lucky.
Berlusconi is bad news - he’s the personification of taking advantage of the office - corruption in person.
If he’s adressed as a conservative he’s the ugliest label ever stuck to conservatives.
He is more like chavez then like reagan, thatcher or adenauer.
Berlusconi is too rich to be corrupt. No one, and I mean no one has enough money to bribe the guy.
Lol - yeah - to rich to be corrupt. Good one.
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