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So a gay walks into the Barilla pasta aisle…

My Facebook stream blew up yesterday as my entire universe of progressive friends and family (as in, pretty much all of them), spread the news about the recent remarks of Barilla chairman, Guido Barilla, on an Italian radio program about his feelings on gay families in advertisements.

pasta love

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The chairman stated “I would never do (a commercial) with a homosexual family, not for lack  of respect but because we don’t agree with them. Ours is a classic family where the woman plays a fundamental role.” Continue reading

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