Roger McDowell
Atlanta Braves coach, Roger McDowell, is being threatened with a lawsuit for telling three men at a San Francisco ball park, "Are you a homo couple or a threesome." McDowell also went on to say "Are you three giving it to each other in the ***" while using as baseball bat to illustrate. When one of the gay men confronted McDowell, he allegedly stated, "How much are your teeth worth."
What's puzzling is gay bloggers such as Perez Hilton and Michael of Dlisted, routinely use the word "homo" which is short for homosexual. On the television show "The Golden Girls" which is constantly lauded by gays, the word "homo" is used, when describing Blanche's brother Clayton. The character Rose, said to roommate Dorothy, "Clayton is a homo" upon discovering he is gay.
The word "queer" was also used on the show. The "Golden Girls" had a gay sitcom writer as well, Marc Cherry, who went on to hit actress Nicollette Sheridan in the head for verbally disagreeing with an item in his script for the show "Desperate Housewives." The assault resulted in a lawsuit .
My point, how are straight people supposed to know what is offensive speech to gays, when homosexuals are using the exact same language and asking heterosexuals the same kind of questions. If it proves true, McDowell's alleged statement, "How much are your teeth worth" can be construed as a threat of potential violence and the claim he used a bat to simulate gay sex can be deemed sexually lewd. However, calling a man "homo" when homosexuals and others they champion use the same term in referencing them, seems like a double standard from gay people.
In Hollywood and the blogosphere, many gay people have used very crude terms to refer to the sex lives of heterosexuals, even asking straight people very lewd and deeply personal sexual questions. Gays have even fondled straight women in public settings. None of this conduct is appropriate, but has clearly led straight people to believe they can speak to gays in the same manner they have addressed them. Some guidelines need to be set to avoid offense in the future, taking into account the First Amendment, of course.
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