Baseball employee fired after cracking gay jokes during game (McGreevey)

[u2spirit]

The public address announcer for the Atlantic City Surf of the independent Atlantic League was fired and the scoreboard operator resigned after poking fun at Gov. James E. McGreevey's sexual orientation.

Announcer Greg Maiuro dedicated a between-innings rendition of the song ``YMCA'' to McGreevey during a game on Aug. 17, less than a week after New Jersey's governor announced that he had had an extramarital affair with a man and would resign. The 1970s hit song by the Village People is widely considered a gay anthem.

The following night, scoreboard operator Marco Cerino posted the message ``Sponsored by Gov. Jim McGreevey'' on the scoreboard when the song was played. Cerino resigned over the incident, the team said.

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[Bronco69]

1. Jeez!

I'm a gay man and even I would have laughed at that.

[NashVegas]

4. Bad Judgment to Pull It On a Captive Audience

People were there to see a ballgame, they didn't go specifically to get wisecracks from these two people.

[Catch22Dem]

2. Very nice

Nothing like a good wholesome gay bashing at America's sport. Wonderful.

</SARCASM>

[Endangered Specie]

3. YMCA a gay anthem?.... Regardless, aint that a little excessive?...

THey should have played "Mr. Grinch" for McGreevey ;)

[geek tragedy]

21. Do you know what the song is actually about? n/t

[Terran]

5. Firing is too much

I'm gay and I think the YMCA thing was funny--the first time. The scoreboard operator had no need to repeat the joke though. Second time makes it lame and mean.

[David Zephyr]

6. This Gay Guy Thinks This Firing Was Excessive.

n/t

[donheld]

7. this gay guy

also thinks the firing was excessive.

:bounce:

[mitchtv]

14. this gay is offended

Fuck them.people don't go to games to hear that shit.If they get fired- Tough Shit.

[TheDonkey]

8. Not excessive at all, it's homophobic jerks like that

who make people feel embarassed to come out.

He should appologize to McGreevy and his family. It's called bad timing and over-the-top commentary.

[pinto]

9. this gay guy is tired of YMCA ,

just my take.

:crazy:

[livinginphotographs]

10. This straight guy thinks it was acceptable to fire the guy.

Playing NWA's "Niggaz With Attitude" and saying "sponsored by Al Sharpton" would be pretty offensive too.

Same exact thing.

[Raster]

11. thank you. bigotry is like pregnancy. you are or you aren't.

[MoreDemThanMost]

12. What a moran

He needs a clue: Straight jokes OK, Gay bashing not OK. Duh.

[President Jesus]

13. read the article: he resigned...was not fired.

[mitchtv]

15. Tomatoes- tomaatoesm He out

I hope he meets a gay Human Resouces manager on his next interview- in India.

[Chovexani]

16. Real mature.

What an asshat.

[Gore1FL]

17. A guy at Jffy Lube called my Ex Wife a dyke and wasn't fired

He deserved to be fired -- The scoreboard operator was in the wrong, but unless he had a history or poor judgement, the punishment for him should have stopped at a reprimand.

[fudge stripe cookays]

20. That guy at Jiffy Lube..

would have felt a boot up his ass if he'd called me a dyke.

[koopie57]

18. I'm glad they were

fired (or resigned). I'm tired of pricks thinking they are funny by poking fun at others. It was done in poor taste by simple minded morans.

[Guaranteed]

19. It doesn't really sound offensive. But it IS tasteless.

The guy oughta be fired for being a moron and not funny.

[AspenRose]

22. Tacky and puerile

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