Carl Paladino, the Republican candidate for governor in New York, said Sunday that children should not be “brainwashed” into thinking that homosexuality was acceptable, and attacked his Democratic opponent, Atty. Gen. Andrew Cuomo, for marching in the gay pride parade this year.
According to The New York Times, Paladino made the comments to a gathering of Orthodox Jewish leaders at Congregation Shaarei Chaim in the Williamsburg neighborhood of Brooklyn. The remarks were first reported on Twitter by correspondents for WNYC and Newsday, which reported that Paladino had omitted the remark, “There is nothing to be proud of in being a dysfunctional homosexual,” included in his prepared text.
“I just think my children and your children would be much better off and much more successful getting married and raising a family, and I don’t want them brainwashed into thinking that homosexuality is an equally valid and successful option — it isn’t,” said Paladino.
He added, to applause in the synagogue, “I didn't march in the gay parade this year — the gay pride parade this year. My opponent did, and that’s not the example we should be showing our children.”
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