“I will not fight against it nor discriminate, but if I see two men kissing on the street, I'll beat them up.”

—  Jair Bolsonaro

Apoio de FHC à união gay causa protestos http://www1.folha.uol.com.br/fsp/cotidian/ff1905200210.htm. Folha de S.Paulo (19 May 2002).

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