LGBT News San Diego Padres apologize to Gay Men's Chorus

BradThePug · May 22, 2016

The San Diego Padres have some explaining to do.
According to a Facebook post by the San Diego Gay Men’s Chorus, the nonprofit organization was to sing the national anthem before the start of last night’s (21 May) baseball game.
‘…One-hundred volunteer singers of the San Diego Gay Men’s Chorus took to the field to proudly sing the national anthem,’ the post said. ‘Instead, in front of the large crowd gathered for the LA Dodgers game, the San Diego Padres played the recorded voice of a woman singing the anthem.’
The US national anthem is The Star-Spangled Banner.
The recording was not immediately stopped, nor was there a public statement to explain the mix-up.
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The Gay men's chorus also posted a response on Facebook. This includes more incidences of homophobia.

This incident followed several days of troubling comments and behavior within the San Diego Padres organization. Three days before the game, San Diego Padres representatives aggressively sought to prevent singers from performing the National Anthem unless they purchased a ticket to the game—even if they did not plan to stay for the game—which was not part of any previous discussion or written or verbal agreement and would have cost the small, community-based non-profit thousands of dollars. The demand eventually was rescinded on Friday following repeated complaints made by SDGMC and San Diego Pride to San Diego Padres management.
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The full statement from them is included in the link above.

LGBT News San Diego Padres apologize to Gay Men's Chorus

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