Rocco Buttiglione (born 6 June 1948) is an Italian Union of Christian and Centre Democrats politician and an academic.Buttiglione’s nomination for a post as European Commissioner with a portfolio that was to include civil liberties resulted in controversy as some political groups opposed him for his Roman Catholic views against homosexuality despite his assurances that these were only his personal convictions and would not dictate his administration.Buttiglione is a Professor of political science at Saint Pius V University in Rome and member of the Pontifical Academy of Social Sciences.
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