Jan 28, 2008Quickie Link: Italian Senator Called 'Faggot' In Parliament Debate
By vanrozenheim
(Italy) - A member of Italy’s Parliament was spat upon and called a “faggot,” a “fairy” and a “traitor” after he broke ranks with his small Catholic-oriented party and announced he would vote to defend Italian Premier Romano Prodi against a resolution aimed at bringing down his center-left government. The name-calling erupted on the floor of the Italian Senate on Jan. 24 as Sen. Stefano “Nuccio” Cusumano shocked fellow members of the tiny Udeur Party by declaring his support for Prodi. According to reports in the Italian news media, Cusumano fainted on the Senate floor and had to be carried out of the chamber on a stretcher after Sen. Tommaso Barbato shouted the words “squallida checca” and “frocio,” along with other insults, and spat on him.
