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Fox commentator compares gays to Al-Qaeda

Fri 4 Jun 2010 In: International News

The teenager in the gay McDonald's ad Fox's Bill O'Reilly is being slammed for comparing gay people to members of Al-Qaeda. The conservative American commentator was mocking a McDonald's ad airing in France, which features a gay teenager, with the inclusive tagline “Come As You Are”. O'Reilly was discussing the ad with a Fox News anchor when he said it would never air in the USA. He then asks “do they have an Al-Qaeda ad? Come as you are and you know, boom.” The Human Rights Campaign, a US gay rights group, says O'Reilly should be ashamed for equating a family with a gay son to terrorists. The Gay   

Credit: GayNZ.com Daily News staff

First published: Friday, 4th June 2010 - 12:26pm

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