News related to the topic of supportiveness of families: an Italian Juvenile Court just ruled that a homophobic father has to be conducted away, with the use of force if needed, from his homosexual adolescent son in order to prevent oppression. Crude translation of an Italian article on the matter follows.

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More human rights and protection of gays. Abusive father who insults son conducted away from home

Lecce, March 30th 2011 - The ruling explicitly prohibits any kind of discrimination, even the one from the abusive father that insults with "***" the homosexual adolescent son.
Allowed the use of public enforcement to conduct away from home the violent father for the purpose of protecting the gay boy.
It was established from the Juvenile Court of Milan with a decree on March 25th 2011, relator Gennaro Mastrangelo, who underlined the importance of the closeness of the father to the son in such a complex phase of adolescence as the one in which homosexuality is accepted.

The motivation of the ruling reads, moreover, that the man came to blows with the wife in many occasions and, in one of them, even hurt the boy.
He always declared to his family, among things, that he would never want to leave the habitation for any reason.
The judges, agreeing with the instances of the prosecution asking for a greater protection for the adolescent boy, ruled that, in case of obstinate opposition, the man will be conducted away by force.
According to the Court the measure of removal "while being severely afflictive is the only effective one and has to be put into effect with public enforcement if needed, because the father has not shown any sign of collaboration".
According to Giovanni D'Agata, member and founder of the Thematic Department "Rights Office" of Italy of Values, the ruling aims to repress family abuses and domestic violence against the women too, victim together with the gay son of severe abuses from the husband.