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Brazil mayor bars gays from moving to town
Reuters ^ | 03 Dec 2003

Posted on 12/03/2003 3:35:31 PM PST by yonif

RIO DE JANEIRO, Brazil, Dec 3 (Reuters) - A Brazilian mayor has issued a decree barring homosexuals from moving to his town, angering gay rights activists who on Wednesday labeled the act as "neo-Nazi."

The document signed by Mayor Elcio Berti on Tuesday bans homosexuals, or "any element linked to this class," from taking up residence and staying permanently in Bocaiuva do Sul in southern Parana state "if that does not bring any kind of benefits" for the town.

"This municipality is fighting to support social projects and needs to bring in industries, for which people with strong fists (underlined) are needed to operate production tools," the decree said, citing the need to push up birthrates and "preserve respect and family atmosphere."

The mayor was not available for comment.

Allan Johan, project coordinator at the Dignity gay rights group in Parana, called the text "neo-Nazi" and unconstitutional and said the group would file a court appeal on Wednesday to have it overturned.

"The decree effectively banishes homosexuals from the town, makes clear that they are useless and thus not welcome," Johan told Reuters, adding a protest demonstration was scheduled in Bocaiuva do Sul on Thursday.

Berti grabbed headlines in the past with measures such as the free distribution of anti-impotence drugs and a ban on the sale of condoms and cigarettes in a move to boost the town's population of 10,000. He also once proposed building a UFO-port to receive aliens.

The decree came just a week after a judge in the same state ruled a homosexual Englishman could stay in Brazil even though his visa had expired because he was in a long-term relationship with a Brazilian man.


TOPICS: Foreign Affairs; Front Page News; Government; News/Current Events
KEYWORDS: brazil; gays

1 posted on 12/03/2003 3:35:31 PM PST by yonif
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To: yonif
He ought to worry about the street urchins who gang rob people, nazis in hiding up in the mountains, corruption and all of that FIRST.
2 posted on 12/03/2003 3:44:45 PM PST by cyborg (mutt-american)
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To: yonif
How could any man in Brazil be gay, with so many beautiful women? Sheesh! I don't get it.
3 posted on 12/03/2003 3:52:37 PM PST by 11th Earl of Mar
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To: yonif
RIO DE JANEIRO, Brazil, Dec 3 (Reuters) - A Brazilian mayor has issued a decree barring homosexuals from moving to his town, angering gay rights activists who on Wednesday labeled the act as "neo-Nazi."

Gay Nazis? Brown Shirts in Brazil? . Or maybe I should read more carefuly.

4 posted on 12/03/2003 3:53:29 PM PST by A. Pole (pay no attention to the man behind the curtain , the hand of free market must be invisible)
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To: yonif
A Brazilian mayor has issued a decree barring homosexuals from moving to his town

Good way to keep aids, childmolesters and other degenerates out of town, smart mayor. Must be an independent.

5 posted on 12/03/2003 4:15:37 PM PST by thiscouldbemoreconfusing
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To: yonif
congratulations to someone taking a stand gainst homosexuality and so on.
6 posted on 12/03/2003 4:18:40 PM PST by im4given
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To: yonif
He also once proposed building a UFO-port to receive aliens.

Wonder what he was gonna do with 'em.

7 posted on 12/03/2003 4:22:13 PM PST by DumpsterDiver
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To: yonif
That does it......if things don't pan out here in Funny River, I'm movin' to Rio.
8 posted on 12/03/2003 4:24:42 PM PST by alaskanfan
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To: DumpsterDiver
the aliens are welcome as long as they are not gay...
9 posted on 12/03/2003 4:28:38 PM PST by mamalujo (land of the free because of the brave)
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To: yonif
the mayor can't be a neo-nazi since the nazi's were dominated by homosexuals. (brownshirts were a recruiting ground in more than one sense of the term.)



10 posted on 12/03/2003 6:56:02 PM PST by longtermmemmory (Vote!)
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