Sergio Arturo Martinez Garcia, Professor at the Juarez University in the State of Durango, mentioned that gay people cause "pruritus" which is a kind of itch, and that they are "people with different capacities". He gave these statements while he was participating in a lecture about HIV. When he showed this image he mentioned :

"This dramatic picture may cause us a bit of pruritus because it is incredible how despite how things are, the Supreme Court has approved homosexuals with different capacities to get married."

Martinez Garcia assured that homosexuals are not really people, and he fears for the life of the children they may adopt. He added :

"I wonder if the judges up there, do they have children? Can you imagine? ... and now they can even adopt. Now, if a child had the bad luck to lose his parents now they are letting these people adopt them, if they can be called people."

This information was given by the newspaper "El Siglo de Durango". There is currently a petition to have the teacher removed from his charge, which reads as follows:

"This is the quality of teaching they pretend to impart at the Juarez University of the State of Durango?

We cannot allow these people to teach students to discriminate!

We must ask the dean to take letters in the matter!

Addressed to:

Lic Luis Tomas Castro Hidalgo, Dean of the Juarez University of the State of Durango

Fire the teacher Sergio Arturo Martinez Garcia of the Juarez University of the State of Durango for being homophobic.

We cannot allow that an institution for higher education form students that will go out into the world and discriminate!

Sincerely,

[Your name here]"

If you wish to sign the petition you may do so here.

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