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[edit] Gay Toronto mayoral candidate is the target of smear flyers asking “Should Muslims vote for him who married a man?”
Joe Pantalone, George Smitherman and Rob Ford ended their campaigns at subway stops, a farmers’ market and voters’ front doors – but the campaign itself ended in the mud.
The final weekend of Toronto’s too-close-to-call mayoral race veered into dirty territory with an advertisement on Tamil radio and derogatory signs that denigrated Mr. Smitherman for his sexual orientation.
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Mr. Smitherman is married to Christopher Peloso and has an adopted two-year-old son.
The candidate’s marriage was also the target of smear flyers affixed to some of his lawn signs on the Danforth and in the Beaches.
The flyers featured photos of Mr. Smitherman and Mr. Peloso and read “Should Muslim vote for him who married a man?”Toronto mayoral campaign ends on a hateful note
Kelly Grant and Anna Mehler Paperny, The Globe and Mail, October 24, 2010
Kelly Grant and Anna Mehler Paperny, The Globe and Mail, October 24, 2010
