CNN political analyst Roland Martin is in some hot water today after publishing a series of tweets during the Super Bowl that have been deemed homophobic by the Gay & Lesbian Alliance Against Defamation (GLAAD).
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The advocacy group is asking for CNN to fire Martin – even after he apologized.
Martin wrote on Super Bowl Sunday:
In his apology Martin wrote:
Fam, let me address the issue that some in the LGBT community have raised regarding some of my Super Bowl tweets yesterday.
I made several cracks about soccer as I do all the time. I was not referring to sexuality directly or indirectly regarding the David Beckham ad, and I’m sorry folks took it otherwise.
It was meant to be a deliberately over the top and sarcastic crack about soccer; I do not advocate violence of any kind against anyone gay, or not.
As anyone who follows me on Twitter knows, anytime soccer comes up during football season it’s another chance for me to take a playful shot at soccer, nothing more.
GLAAD doesn’t want to hear it, claiming that Martin has a repeated pattern of anti-gay rhetoric.
Do you think Martin’s tweets were homophobic and do you think he should get fired?
