"we don't accept gays and dogs"
Catholic guest house owners reject gay couple because we dont accept gays and dogs
The owners of a guest house have come under fire for refusing to host a gay couple.
The B&B bosses, who are devout Catholic, told the two men that we dont accept gays and animals.
Now politicians and locals have criticised the owners for being discriminatory.
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Filippo Mondella, owner of the guest house, told Radio Capital: This is important and I dont want to appear like a troglodyte, but we dont accept gays and dogs and
he did not mean to offend by inferring that gay people are like animals.
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Local authorities labelled the incident a serious case of discrimination and homophobia.
Giulia Russo, the mayor of Ricadi, said: We completely distance ourselves from this.
In Ricadi we are civil and evolved people and such discrimination is not acceptable in 2017.
Italy is one of the least LGBT-friendly places in the EU.
The country still outlaws same-sex marriage, same-sex adoption, access to IVF for lesbians and has no discrimination protections for gay people accessing goods and services.