To the defense of Antonio. He lives in a country where this issue has been settled for good, the right isn't going to repeal SSM or tries to pass rabid homophobic laws. In the USA, if democrats didn't exist, gay sex would still be criminalized, gays would be discriminated because of muh "religious beliefs" and they couldn't serve in the military either.
If he doesn't give more importance to gay issues, it is because it is settled (mostly) in France.
Don't really want to get involved in this crapstorm, but Tony is Italian right?