{"id":1756786,"date":"2022-11-30T06:30:35","date_gmt":"2022-11-30T11:30:35","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1756786"},"modified":"2022-11-30T10:49:06","modified_gmt":"2022-11-30T15:49:06","slug":"espn-host-stephen-a-smith-apologizes-for-using-the-term-homosexual-while-discussing-profanity-laced-lamar-jackson-tweet","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/espn-host-stephen-a-smith-apologizes-for-using-the-term-homosexual-while-discussing-profanity-laced-lamar-jackson-tweet\/","title":{"rendered":"ESPN Host Stephen A. Smith Apologizes for Using the Term \u201cHomosexual\u201d While Discussing Profanity-Laced Lamar Jackson Tweet"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"&quot;\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">34<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Fespn-host-stephen-a-smith-apologizes-for-using-the-term-homosexual-while-discussing-profanity-laced-lamar-jackson-tweet%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1756786&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><p>ESPN Host Stephen A. Smith issued an on-air apology for using the term \u201chomosexual\u201d during a segment discussing a now-deleted Lamar Jackson tweet.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_7263\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-7263\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-7263\" src=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/11\/Stephen-Smith.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"945\" height=\"469\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/11\/Stephen-Smith.png 945w, https:\/\/www.boundingintosports.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/11\/Stephen-Smith-300x149.png 300w, https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/11\/Stephen-Smith-768x381-1.png 768w, https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/11\/Stephen-Smith-750x372-1.png 750w\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-7263\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Stephen A. Smith via Streamable<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>Jackson took offense at Twitter user CastleWillKill sharing his opinion that the Baltimore Ravens should let him walk rather than pay him $250 million.<\/p>\n<p>CastleWillKill tweeted, \u201cWhen someone is asking for over 250 mil guaranteed like Lamar Jackson \u2026 games like this should not come to Justin Tucker. Let Lamar walk and spend that money on a well rounded team.\u201d<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_7257\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-7257\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-7257\" src=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/11\/Castlewillkill.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"1887\" height=\"307\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/11\/Castlewillkill.png 1887w, https:\/\/www.boundingintosports.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/11\/Castlewillkill-300x49.png 300w, https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/11\/Castlewillkill-1340x218-1.png 1340w, https:\/\/www.boundingintosports.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/11\/Castlewillkill-768x125.png 768w, https:\/\/www.boundingintosports.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/11\/Castlewillkill-750x122.png 750w, https:\/\/www.boundingintosports.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/11\/Castlewillkill-1200x195.png 1200w\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-7257\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">CastleWillKill Twitter<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p class=\"title\"><strong>RELATED: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.boundingintosports.com\/2022\/11\/stephen-a-smith-reverses-course-on-kyrie-irving-now-claims-hes-got-a-metaphorical-knee-on-his-neck-after-previously-claiming-he-deserved-indefinite-suspension\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Stephen A. Smith Reverses Course On Kyrie Irving, Now Claims He\u2019s Got A Metaphorical Knee On His Neck After Previously Claiming He Deserved Indefinite Suspension<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Jackson replied, \u201cBoy STFU y\u2019all be cappin too much on this app mf never smelt a football field never did shit but eat dick!!\u201d<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_7258\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-7258\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-7258\" src=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/11\/Lamar-Jackson.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"438\" height=\"601\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/11\/Lamar-Jackson.png 438w, https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/11\/Lamar-Jackson-219x300-1.png 219w\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-7258\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Dat_Dude904 Twitter<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>Discussing the tweet during a segment of First Take, Smith stated, \u201cI want to start off this with some little discomfort by saying that I just read for the first time, just read the text or the tweet that Lamar Jackson said. I am not a homosexual so I am not going to define what\u2019s offensive to them or not, I\u2019ll let them do that.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIt looked to me like he was cussing a dude out. Very, very frustrated. He went the hell off,\u201d Smith shared his observation. \u201cThere\u2019s a lot of people that get cussed out and when you\u2019re cussing folks out you say some things sometimes. That\u2019s how I read that: cussing somebody out. As opposed to going where folks might go with that.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Smith then reiterated, \u201cBut again, I\u2019m not a homosexual so the homosexual community, the gay community gets to define that better than me. Let me say that. That\u2019s number one.\u201d<\/p>\n<div class=\"video-block full\">\n<div class=\"video-player youtube\">[embedded content]<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p class=\"title\"><strong>RELATED: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.boundingintosports.com\/2022\/10\/espn-host-stephen-a-smith-pulls-race-card-says-hes-underpaid-because-hes-black\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">ESPN Host Stephen A. Smith Pulls Race Card, Says He\u2019s \u2018Underpaid\u2019 Because He\u2019s Black<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<p>As <a href=\"https:\/\/awfulannouncing.com\/espn\/stephen-a-smith-apologize-gay-first-take.html?utm_source=dlvr.it&#038;utm_medium=twitter\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">reported by Awful Announcing<\/a>, Smith would later apologize for using the term \u201chomosexual\u201d while discussing Jackson\u2019s tweet.<\/p>\n<p>He said, \u201cI just wanted to address, at the start of the show when we were talking about Lamar Jackson, I should have uttered the word gay.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe\u00a0LGBTQ community prefers that over other words because obviously other words are believed to be derogatory in their eyes. So as a result of that, my apologies. I should have used the word gay,\u201d he apologized.<\/p>\n<p>There is absolutely no reason to apologize for using the term homosexual over gay. In fact, Smith should have used the word Sodomite instead.<\/p>\n<p>Catholic commentator and author Dr. Taylor Marshall recently explained how language policing \u2014 as seen by Stephen A. Smith\u2019s apology \u2014 \u201cforces you to accept a worldview that you don\u2019t agree with.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>He continued, \u201cNow, this has happened with, I want to say almost all, but I\u2019ll say a great majority of the words that we use for sin.\u201d<\/p>\n<div class=\"video-block full\">\n<div class=\"video-player youtube\">[embedded content]<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p class=\"title\"><strong>RELATED: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.boundingintosports.com\/2022\/09\/stephen-a-smith-does-a-complete-180-on-his-rachel-richardson-comments-after-byu-investigation-finds-no-evidence-of-racial-heckling\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Stephen A. Smith Does A Complete 180 On His Rachel Richardson Comments After BYU Investigation Finds No Evidence Of Racial Heckling<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<p>He would later specifically discuss sodomy saying, \u201cSodomy, not it\u2019s gay. Gay used to mean happy, delightful. \u2018We\u2019ll have a gay old time.\u2019 \u2018Put on your gay apparel.\u2019 \u2018We\u2019re just going to be happy and joyful. Christmas time.\u2019 \u2026 Gay used to mean happy, but no, no, no, they took it away.<\/p>\n<p>He continued, \u201cWhat was the word? Sodomy. Sodomite. \u2018John is a sodomite. Now, John is gay. He\u2019s happy.&#8217;\u201d<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_7259\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-7259\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-7259\" src=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/11\/Dr.-Taylor-Marshall.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"1096\" height=\"543\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/11\/Dr.-Taylor-Marshall.png 1096w, https:\/\/www.boundingintosports.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/11\/Dr.-Taylor-Marshall-300x149.png 300w, https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/11\/Dr.-Taylor-Marshall-768x380-1.png 768w, https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/11\/Dr.-Taylor-Marshall-750x372-1.png 750w\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-7259\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Dr. Taylor Marshall via Dr Taylor Marshall YouTube<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>Later on in the video, he further stated, \u201cSodomy comes from the Bible: Sodom and Gomorrah. What did they try and do in Sodom? Well, these two angels came to the home of Lot and the men of Sodom surrounded the house and demanded that Lot hand them over so that they could sodomize them, rape them. It was a homosexual passion and request. Sodomy.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cAnd this comes into Latin as the picatum sotomiticum. The somadidical sin. The sin of sodomy. \u2026 Instead of saying, \u2018Oh that\u2019s gay.\u2019 Just say, \u2018That\u2019s sodomite,\u2019 if it\u2019s really sodomy.\u201d<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_7260\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-7260\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-7260\" src=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/11\/Dr.-Taylor-Marshall1.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"1085\" height=\"547\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/11\/Dr.-Taylor-Marshall1.png 1085w, https:\/\/www.boundingintosports.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/11\/Dr.-Taylor-Marshall1-300x151.png 300w, https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/11\/Dr.-Taylor-Marshall1-768x387-1.png 768w, https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/11\/Dr.-Taylor-Marshall1-750x378-1.png 750w\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-7260\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Dr. Taylor Marshall via Dr Taylor Marshall YouTube<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>\u201cYou\u2019re putting it into a theistic worldview. You\u2019re putting it into Biblical language and that\u2019s okay because everybody knows what that means,\u201d he explained.<\/p>\n<p>He then proffered, \u201cNow, you\u2019ll hear people, liberals, they\u2019ll say, \u2018Well, Sodom is \u2014 the sin of sodomy wasn\u2019t homosexual sex, it was being inhospitable. The men of Sodom were not being good hosts. They weren\u2019t being hospitable. So really the sin of Sodom has nothing to do with homosexuality, with sex. It has do with not being hospitable.&#8217;\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cUh no. No, it definitely has to do with they wanted to rape some dudes who they thought were dudes, beautiful dudes. That\u2019s what sodomy is,\u201d he asserted.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_7261\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-7261\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-7261\" src=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/11\/Taylor-Marshall.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"1087\" height=\"546\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/11\/Taylor-Marshall.png 1087w, https:\/\/www.boundingintosports.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/11\/Taylor-Marshall-300x151.png 300w, https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/11\/Taylor-Marshall-768x386-1.png 768w, https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/11\/Taylor-Marshall-750x377-1.png 750w\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-7261\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Dr. Taylor Marshall via Dr Taylor Marshall YouTube<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>What do you make of Stephen A. Smith\u2019s apology?<\/p>\n<p><strong>NEXT: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.boundingintosports.com\/2022\/06\/espn-host-stephen-a-smith-claims-washington-commanders-defensive-coordinator-jack-del-rio-doesnt-understand-black-lives-matter-riots-because-hes-white\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">ESPN Host Stephen A. Smith Claims Washington Commanders Defensive Coordinator Jack Del Rio Doesn\u2019t Understand Black Lives Matter Riots Because He\u2019s White<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>ESPN Host Stephen A. Smith issued an on-air apology for using the term \u201chomosexual\u201d during a segment discussing a now-deleted Lamar Jackson tweet. Stephen A. 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