Guido Barilla is the chairman of Barilla pasta and he has caused a lot of LGBT supportive groups to advocate boycotting his company. It all began when he opened his big mouth on an Italian radio station.
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. If they (meaning the gays) like our pasta and our advertising, they'll eat our pasta. If they don't like it, then they will not eat it and they will eat another brand.
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