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20,000 Leftists Force Lockdown of Conservative Conference in Verona, Italy

• Ph.D. Thomas D. Williams

Riot police and army soldiers in camouflage gear set up roadblocks in various points around Verona's massive Piazza Bra and its adjoining tributaries, site of the congress and epicenter of the radical feminist and LGBT protests.

The 13th annual World Congress of Families, which featured speakers and participants from around the world to discuss the importance of stable families for the future of civilization, met with surprising opposition, which erupted in Saturday's demonstrations:

Event organizers decried the rampant fake news surrounding the event, which painted participants as neo-fascists, homophobes, and misogynists (despite the fact that more than half of the speakers were women).

"From reading the press, one would think the congress were all about condemning homosexuality," lamented Brian Brown, president of the International Organization for the Family, "when, in fact, homosexuality is not even among the topics discussed."

In his address at the congress, Italy's Interior Minister Matteo Salvini drew applause when he said that the coverage of the event made him ashamed to be a journalist, the politician's former career.


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