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GOP leaders distancing themselves from Paladino

Republican gubernatorial candidate Carl Paladino Monday got an icy reception from leaders of his own party as they sought to distance themselves from his remarks over the weekend about gays.

The GOP officials joined in a cascade of criticism from gay rights groups and prominent Democrats in the wake of his statement to a group of Hasidic rabbis Sunday that children should not be "brainwashed"...

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