NJ Assemblyman Apologizes for Calling Philadelphia Eagles ‘Gaybirds’ in Facebook Status
- Posted on January 17, 2012 at 8:06pm by
Christopher Santarelli
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A Giants fan and Jersey City police detective who represents his Legislative District in the New Jersey State Assembly has been in hot water since posting a message on his Facebook profile Sunday night after the Giants’ shocking win over the Green Bay Packers:
“We are not going to just lay down, we come to play. Who the hell do you think we are the DALLAS COWGIRLS OR THOSE GAYBIRDS FROM PHILLY…NO WE ARE THE NEW YORK GIANTS.”
Assemblyman Charles Mainor‘s ’GAYBIRDS‘ and ’COWGIRLS’ comments have been criticized as anti-gay and anti-woman.
Steven Goldstein, chair and CEO of gay-rights group Garden State Equality, told The Jersey Journal Monday that Mainor’s comments were “inadvisable,” adding that they “hurt a lot of people.”
Mainor has apologized for the comment, even though he says he only wrote half of it. The Journal reports:
“Mainor was in Jersey City last night at a party to watch the Giants play the Green Bay Packers when he posted almost the entire above message on his Facebook page, he said. A friend of his sat at the computer and added the comment about the ‘gaybirds from Philly,’ Mainor said.
‘I have to take full responsibility because it was under my name,’ he said. ‘I have no excuse, other than me not looking before he did send the post.’”
Mainor says he has “very close relatives who are gay,” and hopes that people do not take the comment posted on his Facebook wall to mean he isn’t supportive of gay rights.
Goldstein accepts Mainor’s apology.
“I don’t believe, from what I know of Assemblyman Mainor, that they reflect any deep prejudice on his part,” Goldstein told the Journal. “He is a good and decent man who made an unfortunate misstep here.”
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Git-R-Done
Posted on January 17, 2012 at 11:39pmSo Christians and conservatives can be made fun of but not homosexuals or women?
Report Post »edmundburk
Posted on January 19, 2012 at 4:38amI call Tony Romo “Romo the ****” should I say i’m sorry?
Report Post »Mizurax
Posted on January 17, 2012 at 11:09pmOh my, it’s sooo offensive. Apologize now!
Give me a break. What a bunch of worthless whiners this country has become.
Report Post »bobbie22
Posted on January 17, 2012 at 10:25pmWhy am I not surprised. That is how Democrats practice civility
Report Post »bobbie22
Posted on January 17, 2012 at 10:22pmWhy am I not surprised. Democrats enjoy name calling, it’s their way of practicing civility.
Report Post »FedUpInJoisey
Posted on January 17, 2012 at 9:47pmIf the Blaze reporter were a NJ beat reporter, he would know that Garden State Equality dictates what all elected NJ Democrats can do and say…This public mea culpa was demanded to reaffirm that GSE is still in charge and to remind Mainor who owns his a**…no pun intended.
Report Post »SpankDaMonkey
Posted on January 17, 2012 at 9:29pm.
FYI they are not the Dallas Cowgirls!!! It’s the Dallas Gayboys. And the Gaybirds now that’s funny, Gaybirds lmao……
Although living here in Texas I’ve seen a few “COW”girls, that could fill in on either line. I‘m talking some BIGG’UNS. I refuse to go back to the Houston Live Stock Show & Rodeo. You have to walk around with Safety Glasses on; some of those Size 16+ Heifers think they are a 2.
Their Pant‘s are on so Tight if a Button POP’s Off, it’ll put your eye out faster than a Daisy Red Rider BB Gun…….
Report Post »LiberalOverload
Posted on January 17, 2012 at 9:07pmWhy does the story not mention he is a DEMOCRAT? And yes it matters (the perfect PC party). Be more thorough Blaze!
Report Post »Darmok and Jalad at Tanagra
Posted on January 17, 2012 at 8:30pmIf he is from Jersey, he knows what Gay is, so being the expert he is, how can you argue with the gay, I mean guy. Besides, he is allowed to gloat, being as his NY Jets made it so far….wait, did he just put his foot in Rex Ryan’s mouth?
Report Post »trolltrainer
Posted on January 17, 2012 at 9:12pmWas that his foot?
Report Post »BetterDays
Posted on January 17, 2012 at 8:28pmPC be damned, but how about thinking before we speak?
Report Post »BeardedDog
Posted on January 17, 2012 at 8:22pmAs an Eagles fan of over 40 years I’d like to say how insulted I am…..but after this years performance…I just can’t.
Gay…I mean GO Niners!
Report Post »NOBAMA201258
Posted on January 17, 2012 at 8:19pmPolitical correctness run amok again! I‘m an Eagles fan and I don’t see where this is such a big deal.Come on people, if gay people get upset by this I say maybe I don’t like their mistreating gerbils
Report Post »DagneyT
Posted on January 17, 2012 at 8:11pmGod save us from the political correctness police!
Report Post »TIME_2_END_THE_PAUL_CAMPAIGN_IN_12
Posted on January 17, 2012 at 8:14pmSomething q u e e r about PC-ness in our country these days.
Report Post »LIVINGTHEDREAM
Posted on January 17, 2012 at 8:17pmAbsolutely, Dagneyt. If we are all worried about whether or not our words will offend someone, then we can’t have honest conversations.
Report Post »trolltrainer
Posted on January 17, 2012 at 8:24pmThe PC police are gay…
Report Post »Darmok and Jalad at Tanagra
Posted on January 17, 2012 at 9:06pm@LIVINGTHEDREAM
Report Post »But didn’t Holder say we were a nation of cowards when it came to race converstations? How can we talk about it when we are skewered all the time.
let us prey
Posted on January 17, 2012 at 8:10pmWow. Just wow. Thin skinned.
Report Post »carbonyes
Posted on January 17, 2012 at 11:06pmThin skinned indeed. What a pile of crap that we now have to deal with. PC – poppycock!
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