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Title: KCOL's James apologizes for "molestation" remark
Post by: LostInTime on August 07, 2007, 04:44:30 PM
Post by: LostInTime on August 07, 2007, 04:44:30 PM
KCOL's James apologizes for "molestation" remark following Colorado Media Matters item
Colorado Media Matters (http://colorado.mediamatters.org/items/200708070001)
On his July 31 Ride Home with The James Gang broadcast, James made what GLAAD characterized as "defamatory, anti-gay comments equating the lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender (LGBT) community with child molesters" while responding to a listener's instant message on the topic of hate crimes. The listener's message had suggested that those who "speak[] against homosexuality" might be targeted as "hate-crime criminals" and that the "end purpose" of such purported restraints "is to get rid of the word of God." As Colorado Media Matters noted, James responded, "[D]o you honestly believe it's that divisive? Or do they just want everybody to be politically correct and be tolerant and get along? 'You must accept me in my homosexual and/or perverted, i.e., child molestation ways. You must accept it.' "
Colorado Media Matters (http://colorado.mediamatters.org/items/200708070001)
On his July 31 Ride Home with The James Gang broadcast, James made what GLAAD characterized as "defamatory, anti-gay comments equating the lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender (LGBT) community with child molesters" while responding to a listener's instant message on the topic of hate crimes. The listener's message had suggested that those who "speak[] against homosexuality" might be targeted as "hate-crime criminals" and that the "end purpose" of such purported restraints "is to get rid of the word of God." As Colorado Media Matters noted, James responded, "[D]o you honestly believe it's that divisive? Or do they just want everybody to be politically correct and be tolerant and get along? 'You must accept me in my homosexual and/or perverted, i.e., child molestation ways. You must accept it.' "