July 12, 2007
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As a dad who's been to "bat night," "ball night," "hat night," and goddess-knows-what-else night, I can safely say that O'Really has no idea what he's talking about here.
O'Reilly: To "cluster" gays near children is "insane" and "inappropriate"It's common sense by the Padres, you moron. You see, it doesn't matter who is at the ballgame--if the home team is doing "hat night," then your kid is going to drag your sorry, lazy ass out to the ballpark. Simple as that. The kid could care less if Harry and Larry are sharing a hot dog two rows down, so long as you're there in time to be the first 5000 so he gets the bloody hat.
On the July 11 edition of Fox News' The O'Reilly Factor, host Bill O'Reilly called the San Diego Padres' decision to host a gay pride night and a children's hat giveaway promotion during the same July 8 baseball game "insensitive," "dumb," "almost unbelievable," and a "mistake." He called it "insane" to "cluster" gay men and lesbians during a "hat giveaway for any kid under 12." O'Reilly reported that "thousands of gay adults showed up and commingled with straight families," and stated, "[C]lear-thinking people understand it is completely out of context and inappropriate." When San Diego Pride executive director Ron deHarte said that it "was no different than any other game," O'Reilly responded: "But you are focusing in and putting more homosexuals into an area. OK? See, that's the problem," adding: "You're putting it in a kid's face at a baseball game." O'Reilly later asserted: "This is social engineering by the Padres."
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