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  Paladino: I'm Owed Apology over Anti-Gay Remarks
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Last EditedBrandonius Maximus  Oct 11, 2010 11:38am
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News DateMonday, October 11, 2010 05:00:00 PM UTC0:0
Description(CBS/AP) New York Republican gubernatorial candidate Carl Paladino ignited a firestorm Sunday, telling Orthodox Jewish leaders that he doesn't want children "brainwashed into thinking that homosexuality" is acceptable. But the would-be governor thinks he's the one who is owed an apology after the media reported on comments he never actually uttered.

Paladino, who has received strong support from conservative-libertarian "tea party" activists, spoke at a synagogue in Brooklyn's Williamsburg section while trying to strike a contrast between himself and his Democratic rival, state Attorney General Andrew Cuomo.

In his remarks, he criticized Cuomo for marching in this summer's gay pride parade, saying "that's not how God created us and that's not the example that we should be showing our children."

He added that children who later in life choose to marry people of the opposite sex and raise families would be "much better off and much more successful."
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