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His brother, Doug Ford, said that the mayor is being “bullied” for his point of view by gay rights supporters.

“We are talking about the flag at City Hall… this is about the Olympics,” Ford said in one of his latest YouTube videos in response to a emailed question that called him “homophobic.”

“This is about supporting our athletes, this is not about your sexual preference. I support our athletes, I support the people that train for four years…and there’s no reason I can see that we should be putting up the Pride flag during the Olympics. This is about being patriotic.

“I am not homophobic. I will go to anyone’s house, anyone’s place to help them out. I take offence when people say that to me.”

City Hall began flying the flag when the Olympics began after a request was made by a community group to support LGBTQ rights in Russia. A Canadian flag was not taken down. There are multiple Canadian flags in Nathan Phillips Square, in front of City Hall.

The mayor wants a Canadian flag to fly in place of the Pride flag.

Councillor Ford, who appears in the “Ford Nation” videos with his brother, says they don’t care about sexual orientation.

“Do you know how many gay friends that we have?” the councillor said. “You may want to bully us into things but….that’s how I feel sometimes, Rob.

“Ironically enough, folks, just to go on record, I went down there [to the gay pride parade], I took my kids down there, I won’t do it again. But I also donated $2,500. If someone called me again, I’d still donate it. But don’t put a gun to anyone’s head that disagrees with you.