Pot calling the kettle black!
Monday, July 14, 2008
Came across this most interesting article in Today's Straits Times:
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July 14, 2008
Gay Italian man wins lawsuit over driving test
AN ITALIAN court has ruled that the government must pay 100,000 euros (S$215,000) in damages to a man who was told to retake a driving test because he was a homosexual.
When Mr Danilo Giuffrida, 26, told doctors he was gay at his medical examination for military service, they passed the information to the Transport Ministry, who told him he must repeat his driving test or have his licence withdrawn due to his 'sexual identity disturbance'.
Mr Giuffrida passed his driving test again, but the ministry renewed his licence for just one year rather than the usual 10 years because of his homosexuality.
The judge ruling on the case in Catania, on the southern island of Sicily, said the actions of the defence and transport ministries showed 'evident sexual discrimination' against Mr Giuffrida.
His lawyer said the case marked the first time the state had been punished for sexual discrimination, and he hoped Prime Minister Silvio Berlusconi would 'summon Giuffrida and apologise to him on behalf of the state and all Italians'.
REUTERS
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And the West is trying to lecture us on our human rights?! What a joke!! Even our transport ministry doesn't do this. Singapore may not be perfect, but at least we are trying to improve. One thing for sure, we aren't a pot calling the kettle black.
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@12:01 PM
