{"id":78436,"date":"2019-02-12T14:25:56","date_gmt":"2019-02-12T19:25:56","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.gayfriendschat.com\/socialblog\/out-nyc-council-speaker-corey-johnson-tells-ruben-diaz-sr-he-should-resign-for-homophobic-remarks\/"},"modified":"2019-02-12T14:25:56","modified_gmt":"2019-02-12T19:25:56","slug":"out-nyc-council-speaker-corey-johnson-tells-ruben-diaz-sr-he-should-resign-for-homophobic-remarks","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.gayfriendschat.com\/socialblog\/out-nyc-council-speaker-corey-johnson-tells-ruben-diaz-sr-he-should-resign-for-homophobic-remarks\/","title":{"rendered":"Out NYC Council Speaker Corey Johnson Tells Ruben Diaz Sr. He Should Resign For Homophobic Remarks"},"content":{"rendered":"

Out NYC Council Speaker Corey Johnson Tells Ruben Diaz Sr. He Should Resign For Homophobic Remarks<\/b><\/p>\n

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Out NYC Council Speaker Corey Johnson had already demanded an apology after Ruben Diaz Sr., a longtime homophobe and anti-equality activist, attacked Johnson for being gay and claimed that the City Council is \u201ccontrolled by the homosexual community.\u201d<\/a><\/p>\n

Diaz told a Spanish-language radio show over the weekend: \u201cWhen I get to the City Council, I find that the City Council is controlled \u2014 most council members out of 51 council members \u2014 over there, everybody is controlled by the homosexual community.\u201d Diaz also told the show that Johnson, who is gay<\/a> and single, \u201cis a homosexual who is married to another man<\/a>,\u201d\u00a0NY1 reported<\/a>.<\/p>\n

Yesterday Johnson said that Diaz Sr. should step down for making\u00a0an inflammatory remark about the gay community<\/a>, Page Six <\/a><\/em>reported.\u00a0<\/a>\u201cI think he should resign. It\u2019s not up to me, but I think what he said is totally unacceptable,\u201d Johnson said during a press briefing in Albany where he and NYS State Assembly speaker Carl\u00a0E.\u00a0Heastie claimed to have come to a city budget agreement with the state.<\/p>\n

Earlier this month Johnson announced his intention to explore a run for mayor<\/a>\u00a0in NYC.<\/p>\n

Governor Andrew Cuomo said the councilman [Diaz] \u00a0deserves to be punished for his \u201coutrageous\u201d statement<\/a>. \u201cIf he should be sanctioned\u2026 I think it would be justified. But it\u2019s up to Corey Johnson,\u201d Cuomo said.<\/p>\n

Photo above: Johnson and Speaker of the Assembly\u00a0Carl\u00a0E.\u00a0Heastie<\/em>. <\/p>\n<\/p>\n

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From one Speaker to another, THANK YOU Speaker @cheastie for fighting for New Yorkers in Albany. Today I was up in the Capitol delivering testimony about the @NYCCouncil\u2019s priorities for and thoughts on the State\u2019s budget process.<\/a><\/p>\n

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