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A Sicilian court has ruled the government must pay 100,000 euros ($157,700) in damages to a man who was told to retake a driving test because he
was homosexual, Reuters reports.
The Italian transport ministry, after receiving information that Danilio Giuffrida was gay (information disclosed during Guiffrida's medical examination for
military service), told the 26-year-old that he must repeat his driving test or lose his license due to his "sexual identity disturbance."
After Giuffrida passed the test a second time, the ministry refused to renew his license for the usual 10 years, instead requiring that Guiffrida be tested yearly.
According to Reuters, the judge ruling on the case in Catania, Sicily, said the actions of the defense and transport ministries showed "evident sexual
discrimination" against Giuffrida and violated his constitutional rights.
Giuffrida's lawyer said the case was the first time the state had been punished for sexual discrimination, and he hoped Italian Prime Minister Silvio Berlusconi
would "summon Giuffrida and apologize to him on behalf of the state and all Italians."
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