Mr. Paladino’s statement displays a stunning homophobia and a glaring disregard for basic equality… These comments, along with other views he has espoused make it clear that he is way out of the mainstream and is unfit to represent New York.
— Andrew Cuomo’s response to a speech given by right wing extremist Carl Paladino, the Republican nominee for governor of New York, who said, “I don’t want [children] brainwashed into thinking that homosexuality is an equally valid and successful option.”