Gay & Lesbian Alliance Against Defamation (GLAAD)is the name of the group that successfully got Tracy Morgan to apologize about his comments made in Tennessee during a stand up comedy routine. PFLAG National (Parents, Families and Friends of Lesbians and Gays) also spoke out about the incident on Friday.
The Human Rights Campaign (HRC) Vice President of Communications, Fred Sainz, also issued a statement, saying, “Hateful remarks that mock youth suicides and the very real emotional and sometimes physical bullying LGBT kids face on a daily basis have no place in a comedy routine. I understand the need by these groups to make examples of those that talk about putting to death people because of them being gay, or any hateful remark that would be address based on there sexual orientation. However, Republicans, and Republican U.S Presidential nominee hopeful Michelle Bachmann as well as her husband Marcus Bachmann, have released statements which was hateful as well, but these same groups have yet to defend themselves against there actions. Dr. Marcus Bachmann, who has described himself as his wife’s “strategist,” runs a Christian-based counseling center in Minnesota that has been rumored to offer reparative treatment for those looking to “ungay” themselves. The significant different between Tracy Morgan the comedian, and Bachmann's the Republican presidential candidate, and doctor is white and black. Now if these groups put up a fuss about the statements made by them than I can see the problem. But if they are not addressing them because of who they are, than it is clear that more than Tracy Morgan needs to be apologizing. They should be apologizing to everyone that they tried to represent in there 15 minutes of am in order to draw attention to there cause, while allowing those with a bigger megaphone to preach hate towards there group, and the Bachmanns if elected, will practice what they preach through there laws. The husband of presidential candidate Michele Bachmann thinks gays are "barbarians" who "need to be educated" in order to stop being gay. The results of Bachmann getting elected or any Republican is this: The GOP candidate hasn't said anything specifically about these comments, but Bachmann did say earlier this week that she thinks marriage should be between a man and a woman, and supports a constitutional amendment defining marriage as such.
