Dolce and Gabbana: why celebs are boycotting the fashion brand

Elton John hits back at the fashion designers for 'archaic comments' about gay families and fertility treatment

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Elton John has called for a boycott of the fashion brand Dolce and Gabbana after the two designers said gay couples should not have children.

Domenico Dolce and Stefano Gabbana, who are both gay and were a couple in the past, said same-sex couples shouldn't have children and criticised the use of IVF and surrogate mothers. "You are born to a mother and father – or at least that’s how it should be," said Dolce.

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