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Cardinal Uses Slur to Refer to Gay Ambassador Nominee
http://www.advocate.com/news/world-news/2013/07/03/cardinal-uses-slur-refer-gay-ambassador-nomineeJames “Wally” Brewster, President Obama's nominee to become the ambassador to the Dominican Republic, was referred to with an antigay slur by the country's cardinal.
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At a subsequent press conference, Catholic cardinal Nicolás de Jesús López Rodríguez said he was not pleased that Brewster may be the ambassador.
"Gays are interested in pushing their goals forward, but they know there are a lot of people around the world against that," he said in a video translated by Blabbeando. "People from Christian and non-Christian governments. Go ask the Muslim world what they think about it — in addition to Christians and evangelicals."
But then after a reporter asked about a Haitian boycott on Dominican poultry and eggs, he referred to Brewster as a "maricón," which translates to an antigay slur...
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At a subsequent press conference, Catholic cardinal Nicolás de Jesús López Rodríguez said he was not pleased that Brewster may be the ambassador.
"Gays are interested in pushing their goals forward, but they know there are a lot of people around the world against that," he said in a video translated by Blabbeando. "People from Christian and non-Christian governments. Go ask the Muslim world what they think about it — in addition to Christians and evangelicals."
But then after a reporter asked about a Haitian boycott on Dominican poultry and eggs, he referred to Brewster as a "maricón," which translates to an antigay slur...
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