Tracy Morgan: Is his apology for anti-gay jokes enough? [Poll]

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Tracy Morgan apologized delivered Friday morning for anti-gay jokes at a concert in Nashville, and while several large groups of the civil rights of gay appreciate the words they said a simple apology is not enough.

“I’m not a hateful person and does not tolerate any form of violence against others,” Morgan said in a statement. “Even though I am a rogue equity, and my friends know what went in my heart, even in a comedy club clearly too far and was not funny in any context.”

The human resources of the campaign and GLAAD later, on Friday as “30 Rock” and “Saturday Night Live” actor with a simple excuse for a material would be included have homosexuals Call for more to go “whining” about anti-bullying and intimidation to fight gay and instead of a statement he had stabbed her son if he was gay.

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“The jokes that make the violence against young gay and lesbians are not only offensive, they put our children in danger,” GLAAD President Jarrett Barrios said in a statement. “Tracy Morgan is not only present excuses, but make sure it never happens again and send a clear message to the Americans that anti-gay violence is not a joke.”

GLAAD said he gave Morgan a journalist, a meeting between the actor and the families who lost children to organize violent anti-gay “so they understand exactly why his diatribe touched a nerve so deep.”

PFLAG – Parents, Families and Friends of Lesbians and gay – have also weighed, with PFLAG Executive Director Jody Huckaby National words, to understand, “As a celebrity has to Mr. Morgan that his words have the power, incitement to violence against children, gay and lesbians in the name of comedy – which he stabbed his own son to death if he was gay – is absolutely unthinkable that a simple apology is not enough “..

At the request of the Department for comment by the journalist Tina Fey, Morgan “30 Rock” show runner and winner of 2011 GLAAD Media Award, was not returned.

had before Morgan apologized note Punchline Magazine founder Dylan P. Gadino (Note: many obscenities on this link) that this is not the first artist to anti-gay letter and a free speech perspective, stand-up message, he could not without excuse to . do Instead, he chose Morgan – which he has acted as “in general … not funny at all” – seizing the opportunity to “just leave the phase of stand-up for a while and stop relying on his television appearances above all, maybe him. “He just closed … up. “

Tracy Morgan was enough to earn forgiveness apology? If not, what would work? Post your thoughts in the comments.

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