PALADINO IS ANOTHER HATE MERCHANT

Just over a week ago, we had this bit of thuggishness in New York State:

DA: Anti-gay NYC attack laced with hate speech
Oct 11 03:03 AM US/Eastern
By KAREN MATTHEWS
Associated Press Writer

NEW YORK (AP) - Gang members used an anti-gay slur to ask two teen boys and a 30-year-old man about their sexuality before brutally torturing and beating them last week in a working-class Bronx neighborhood, authorities said in court, where eight suspects stood with drooped heads at their first appearance as their relatives wept behind them.

During the proceeding Sunday, Assistant District Attorney Theresa Gottlieb said that each victim was asked prior to being beaten in the Oct. 3 attacks: "Is it true that you're a fag?"

The man who wants to be governor of New York isn't much better:

Paladino Attacks Gays in Brooklyn Speech

By ELIZABETH A. HARRIS
Published: October 10, 2010
NY Times

The Republican candidate for governor, Carl P. Paladino, told a gathering in Williamsburg, Brooklyn, on Sunday that children should not be “brainwashed” into thinking that homosexuality was acceptable, and criticized his opponent, Attorney General Andrew M. Cuomo, for marching in a gay pride parade earlier this year.

Newsday.com reported that Mr. Paladino’s prepared text had included the sentence: “There is nothing to be proud of in being a dysfunctional homosexual.” But Mr. Paladino omitted the sentence in his speech.