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No gay bashing here. I think it's rather humorous and the comments are funny too.

 

http://www.gopusa.com/?p=10283?omhide=true

 

SAN DIEGO (AP) — The San Diego Gay Men’s Chorus is criticizing the San Diego Padres for mishandling the group’s scheduled performance of the national anthem.

The chorus said on its Facebook page that 100 of its members gathered to perform the song before the game Saturday against the Los Angeles Dodgers when the Padres instead played the recorded voice of a woman singing the anthem. Their statement said no attempt was made to stop the recording and that the group received “homophobic taunts” while being escorted off the field.

Chorus members called for the Padres and Major League Baseball to investigation whether anyone intentionally played a woman’s voice “with the purpose of denigrating and/or ridiculing gay men.”

The Padres issued a statement Saturday night saying a mistake was made that prevented the chorus from performing and that “we apologize to anyone in the ballpark who this may have offended.” The Padres said they’d reached out to the chorus “to express our deep regret for the error.”

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Good grief.....................it was "Pride Night" at the stadium

 

you would have to be pretty paranoid to think that the San Diego Padres would "deliberately" have done that.

 

It was an error.

 

Not everything goes as planned............adults know how to accept this.

 

 

 

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No gay bashing here. I think it's rather humorous and the comments are funny too.

 

http://www.gopusa.com/?p=10283?omhide=true

 

SAN DIEGO (AP) — The San Diego Gay Men’s Chorus is criticizing the San Diego Padres for mishandling the group’s scheduled performance of the national anthem.

The chorus said on its Facebook page that 100 of its members gathered to perform the song before the game Saturday against the Los Angeles Dodgers when the Padres instead played the recorded voice of a woman singing the anthem. Their statement said no attempt was made to stop the recording and that the group received “homophobic taunts” while being escorted off the field.

Chorus members called for the Padres and Major League Baseball to investigation whether anyone intentionally played a woman’s voice “with the purpose of denigrating and/or ridiculing gay men.”

The Padres issued a statement Saturday night saying a mistake was made that prevented the chorus from performing and that “we apologize to anyone in the ballpark who this may have offended.” The Padres said they’d reached out to the chorus “to express our deep regret for the error.”

 

You didn't post the part where they're "investigating" whether or not it was a "hate crime."

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Good grief.....................it was "Pride Night" at the stadium

 

you would have to be pretty paranoid to think that the San Diego Padres would "deliberately" have done that.

 

It was an error.

 

Not everything goes as planned............adults know how to accept this.

 

 

 

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True. But they were terribly disrespected. I heard that the Padres did invite them back. Hope it goes better for everyone if they do.

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