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(Rome) An Italian cabinet minister Wednesday launched into a homophobic tirade in response to this weeks rebuke of the country's nominee for the European Union's Commissioner for Justice.Mirko Tremaglia, the minister with responsibility for Italians overseas called the rejection of Rocco Buttiglione by the EU civil liberties committee "outrageous". Buttiglione was called unsuitable for calling homosexuality "a sin". (story)
The non-binding vote by the committee resulted in protests by the conservative government of Silvio Berlusconi in Rome.
"Poor Europe: the faggots are in the majority," Mirko Tremaglia declared. Both Berlusconi and Tremaglia have close ties to US President George W. Bush. Italy is a member of the coalition against terrorism.