Gay Ikea ad bothers Italy's Silvio Berlusconi

An Ikea ad with two men holding hands next to the headline “We are open to all families” hasn’t caused much of a stir in Italy—except, it appears, in the prime minister’s office. The horndog honcho Silvio Berlusconi, via his newspaper Il Giornale, is condemning the ad both for its gay-friendly content and its undertones of “Swedish imperialism” (whatever that is). Perhaps Berlusconi shares Zapp Brannigan’s fear of neutrality. Thankfully, the staunchly Catholic isle of Sicily, where a new Ikea recently opened, has been more accepting of the Swedish retailer.