See where hate speech like Santorum's leads? A mob boss was whacked because he was gay.

Former DeCavalcante soldier Anthony Capo said the New Jersey-based family - often described as the real-life "Sopranos" - feared they would be the laughing stock of the New York underworld if their acting boss, John "Johnny Boy" D'Amato was outted.

"Nobody's gonna respect us if we have a gay homosexual boss sitting down discussing La Cosa Nostra business," Capo told jurors in Manhattan federal court.

Will this be the next battleground for gay rights?

Capo, the mobster-turned-government informant, said he felt like killing D'Amato when the boss's girlfriend, known as Kelly, confessed to him about his secret life.

"She told me John D'Amato and her were going to sex clubs in the city, swapping partners and John was engaging in homosexual activity," he said.

"It shocked me...he couldn't be acting that way--he was a leader of men."

Actually it sounds more like he was AC-DC to me...

Uh-oh -- I'm foreseeing yet another sequel to "Analyze This", but with Harvey Fierstein as the mob boss seeking Billy Crystal's help.