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Forbes apologizes for calling Irish president gay
Associated Press ^ | Jul 24, 2013 3:02 PM EDT

Posted on 07/24/2013 3:27:51 PM PDT by Olog-hai

Financial news publisher Forbes says it’s apologizing to Ireland’s president for inaccurately describing him as gay in an online article.

The New York-based media company pulled the offending piece from its website Wednesday and replaced it with an apology to readers and, indirectly, to President Michael D. Higgins. …

The article, posted Tuesday by Ireland-based blogger David Monagan, called Higgins an “acknowledged homosexual.” Higgins, a poet and intellectual who supports gay rights, was elected as Ireland’s ceremonial head of state in 2011. …

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TOPICS: Business/Economy; Chit/Chat; Miscellaneous; Society
KEYWORDS: anhonestmistake; forbes; frenchmistake; homosexualagenda; ireland; lavendermafia; michaelhiggins

1 posted on 07/24/2013 3:27:51 PM PDT by Olog-hai
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To: Olog-hai

HE’S NOT GAY! (Not that there’s anything wrong with that).


2 posted on 07/24/2013 3:29:38 PM PDT by DManA
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To: Olog-hai
But I thought there was nothing wrong with being a homosexual......why apologize.
Amazing isn't it that the left gets so annoyed by being called "gay"

3 posted on 07/24/2013 3:29:49 PM PDT by svcw (Stand or die)
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To: Olog-hai; Revolting cat!
Higgins, who has a wife and four children, offered no immediate response.

Michael Jackson had a wife a kids too.


4 posted on 07/24/2013 3:30:23 PM PDT by a fool in paradise (America 2013 - STUCK ON STUPID)
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To: Olog-hai

I really don’t think that Steve Forbes meant it as a slur. His father, Malcolm, was apparently a homosexual. Steve himself, I don’t know.


5 posted on 07/24/2013 3:34:22 PM PDT by Tau Food (Never give a sword to a man who can't dance.)
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To: Tau Food
It's an honest mistake.


6 posted on 07/24/2013 3:35:42 PM PDT by a fool in paradise (America 2013 - STUCK ON STUPID)
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To: Olog-hai

He is a homosexual. Note that he’s not ‘gay’. He is a homosexual.


7 posted on 07/24/2013 3:47:02 PM PDT by Viennacon
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To: Olog-hai

This is all so un-PC. The Irish president should instead have been the one to apologize for not being gay.


8 posted on 07/24/2013 3:54:08 PM PDT by madprof98
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To: Olog-hai

They should quit dancing around the subject .... if you mean queer, say queer.


9 posted on 07/24/2013 6:05:34 PM PDT by RetiredTexasVet (The only growth industries left under Progressives are government and poverty.)
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