Nate Marquardt, a former mixed martial arts star who competed in UFC and Strikeforce, called a commercial on ESPN that featured two men kissing “disgusting.”
Nate Marquardt, a former mixed martial arts star who competed in UFC and Strikeforce, received backlash on social media over the weekend when he tweeted about watching a commercial featuring two men kissing.Erin Blanchfield“Wow disgusting commercial watching @ESPNPlus with my kids and have to tell them to look away so they don’t see two men kissing,” he tweeted.
The 43-year-old Wyoming native defended himself in subsequent tweets as his remarks made the rounds across social media. He wrote he was “standing up against evil in the media.” “It is not hateful to say that homosexuality, pedophilia, or fornication is disgusting,” he added. “It’s not loving to be silent when the culture praises things that lead people to Hell . It’s not hateful, but loving to protect children from this world’s evil demented propaganda.”
He would later spar with those who dismissed his remarks and was labeled as “homophobic” and a “hateful bigot.” Former MMA fighter Nate Marquardt came under fire for calling a commercial featuring a same-sex kiss “disgusting” on Twitter.
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