A Swiss politician is under fire after he argued that gay people have a high suicide rate because of “anal incontinence”.

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Daniel Regli is a member of the Swiss People’s Party (SVP) a right wing political group with strong ties to religious groups. He serves on Zurich’s city council.

During a council debate on funding for the city’s sex education program the councillor said he objected to funding going to a website called Lust and Frust (Please and Pain) stating that the site promoted homosexuality and promiscuity.

Regli then said that “homosexuals with multiple partners take their lives between the ages of 30 and 40… because their anal muscle is not holding up as it should. ”

The Councillor later appeared on television and said he was simply stating thew facts that nobody wanted to hear, citing the source of his information as a friend who is a doctor.

The comments have been condemned by local LGBTI rights advocates. René Schegg, director of the Swiss LGBT organization Pink Cross, said the comment was unacceptable.

“Someone who is able, in a homophobic tirade, to make the link between the anal muscle of homosexuals and suicide is beyond any conception that I can have of a politician.”

Even members of his own party have distanced themselves from Regli’s comments, with party co-president Marco Denoth announcing “I do not want to see him anymore.”

Source: New Now Next

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