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    NJ lawmaker apologizes for "gaybirds" post

    JERSEY CITY, N.J. (AP) — A New Jersey legislator has apologized for a post on a social media site that referred to the Philadelphia Eagles as "gaybirds" and the Dallas Cowboys as "cowgirls."

    Assemblyman Charles Mainor, D-Jersey City, told the (Jersey City) Jersey Journal (http://bit.ly/z4fXFa ) that he wrote only part of a message posted on his Facebook wall during Sunday night's game between the New York Giants and the Green Bay Packers.

    The post, which has since been deleted, said "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."

    Mainor said he wrote most of the post at a party and a friend added the "gaybirds" portion, but he took full responsibility because it was under his name. He said he hoped constituents do not take the comment as meaning he does not support gay rights.

    "I have very, very close relatives who are gay," he said. "I have nothing against them. I'm far from that."

     
    • Dale  •  Appleton, Wisconsin  •  4 mths ago
      Why is it that politicians can lie without shame but so often feel the need to apologize when they blurt out what they are really thinking?
      • Lostcustomer 4 mths ago
        What ever happened to freedom of speech. Call it like it is...
      • tre w 4 mths ago
        Extremely well put Dale...
      • Brian Kelly 4 mths ago
        better yet, why is it that this is even an issue? sounds like some people are a little too sensitive!
    • David S  •  Vineland, New Jersey  •  4 mths ago
      'A friend wrote that part'.

      Yeah, the last time that I even tried that I was 14.
      • Dataman 4 mths ago
        Worked for Ron Paul, didn't it?
      • RandyG 4 mths ago
        Maybe a friend did write it? It's called being message-jacked. My friends do that crap to me all the time when they are over and I wander away from the computer briefly. XD
    • SteveM  •  Salem, Ohio  •  4 mths ago
      Really, the group that should be upset is the homosexual bird community. I mean seriously, accusations of being from Philly can truely hurt to the core.
      • Oldsarge 4 mths ago
        Good one. A++++++++++++++
      • A Yahoo! User 4 mths ago
        I lived there for 12 years and still haven't recovered. The blizzards of trash weren't the worst of it, let alone the crooked cops.
    • Matthew  •  4 mths ago
      I am a Dallas Cowboy fan and the truth hurts Dallas has been playing alot like girls in the last 10 years. Not sure why he needs to apologize for?
      • Spider 4 mths ago
        I stopped following the Dallas Cowboys, when Jerry Jones bought them. His treatment of Tom Landry, was inexcusable! I am not saying it wasn't time for Tom to go, but the way in which it was done, considering Landry was the only coach that Dallas had ever known, and he had given 29 years of his life to the position. Then there was the drunken, and public belittling of Jimmy Johnson, saying he (Jones) could have taken the Cowboys to a Superbowl victory, and Johnson's contribution was trivial at best. The man is pond #$%$ he is Uber rich, but a total douchebag, hands down. He brings disgrace to Dallas, to Texas, and to the sport of Football.
      • KEH 4 mths ago
        I stopped following the nfl when mercury morris was busted with a poud of cocaine. the playoffs are godo for a nice nap in front of the tv. LOl most of you might have to look him up. he was a running back for miami.
      • GabrielleN 4 mths ago
        What's up with using "girls" as an insult? Can't anyone see that's insulting to all girls and women, to use our entire gender as a negative like that?
    • Alan  •  4 mths ago
      BFD.
    • DontAsk  •  4 mths ago
      so what's the problem? I'm gay and don't take offense at him posting that, it's a ballgame already.
      • A Yahoo! User 4 mths ago
        DontAsk, So you're proud of being a low-life, disease-spreading, perverted, piece-of-trash queer? You're Sick!
      • craftsman dave 4 mths ago
        Nice photo Percy. Is that you after a felching episode?
      • tre w 4 mths ago
        With a name like Percy, i certainly wouldn't be calling anyone else queer .
    • MaxF  •  Randolph, New Jersey  •  4 mths ago
      I don't know who's more ridiculous, the politician or the person who actually gives a flying **** about this.
    • Don  •  4 mths ago
      NO NEED TO APOLOGIZE, HE IS A DEMOCRAT.
    • Dino  •  4 mths ago
      You shouldn't have to apologize. There is this thing called Freedom of Speech, and you have the right to say whatever you want. Is what he said tasteful- absolutely not. Is it backed by rights- absolutely.
    • Just a thought  •  4 mths ago
      The Eagles and Cowboys have been called those names for yearssssssssssss and in Print also. Its funny,descibes both teams. Geezeeeeeeeeee this politically correct world is getting WAY out of hand
    • Taylor  •  Portland, Oregon  •  4 mths ago
      I notice whenever a politician is called out on some remark that someone perceives to be racist or homophobic the go to denial is that they have a gay brother or a friend that is black.
    • Nononono  •  4 mths ago
      Why are we always having to apologize for what we think. These wimps. If I say it, I mean it, and if you don't like it, hownice! I am not taking it back or apologizing to anyone.
    • Mike  •  Columbus, Ohio  •  4 mths ago
      No LIB_TARDS making Tea Party references? Oh, yeah, he is a DEMOCRAT. How compassionate!
    • tmandwn  •  Newark, New Jersey  •  4 mths ago
      Can you thin skinned morons please stop with all the political correctness. thank you.
    • Molly Walt, NDP  •  Reno, Nevada  •  4 mths ago
      I SEE NO REASON TO APOLOGIZE. Using such comments towards the competition is perfectly normal. Take a pill...
    • shea  •  4 mths ago
      This is our New America, land of the once Free! Now you will be forced into a apology! Say good bye to your Freedoms, it was fun while it lasted!
    • Ed  •  Los Angeles, California  •  4 mths ago
      As a gay man and a gay journalist, I take it for what it is. A joke. No one was hurt. I have alot of straight friends and do not hold it against them. And when I do hold it against them there is no reaction. Mine or theirs!!!!
    • s. p.  •  4 mths ago
      he has very very very very very close relatives that are gay
    • NUNYA  •  Burlington, Kansas  •  4 mths ago
      Why would he have to appologize for his comments? He broke no law. Was it really offensive? People need to get a life and quit crying every time they didn't really like what someone else had to say. Get a grip people, grow up.
    • Kati  •  San Marcos, Texas  •  4 mths ago
      Funny how people from NY of all places are calling the Dallas Cowboys, Girls.......Almost an Oxymoron.
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