Dominican Cardinal Uses Antigay Slur To Describe U.S. Ambassador Nominee
By: John Gallagher
On: July 3, 2013
The Obama Administration has been on a roll naming gay ambassadorial nominees, usually with little notice. Then came the choice of James “Wally” Brewster, a major Obama donor and national LGBT co-chair of the Democatic National Committee, as ambassador to the Dominican Republic.
Religious groups in the country have objected to Brewster solely because he’s gay. Perhaps the biggest offender has been Cardinal Nicolas de Jesus Lopez Rodriguez, the Roman Catholic leader in the country. At a press conference, Rodriguez called Brewster a “maricón,” which is usually translated as “faggot.” Not content to leave it at that, the Cardinal’s sidekick, Monsignor Pablo Cedano decided to chime in.
“I hope he does not arrive in the country because I know if he comes he is going to suffer and will have to leave,” Cedano said. He called it “a lack of respect” that Obama “sent … a person of this kind as an ambassador,” adding, “[W]e don’t despise the person.”
No, why would we ever think that.
http://www.queerty.com/dominican-cardinal-uses-antigay-slur-to-describe-u-s-ambassador-nominee-20130703/
What's the Spanish word for asshole?
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