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Here's the deal. He said it because he thought it was funny and that his audience would laugh at it. A Tennesee audience of Tea-Klux-Klanners probably loved it. But he was as hateful as a Klansman, feeding the group-think that murder is cool if gays are the target. Blacks voted against Prop 8 (gay marriage in California) 72%, yet blacks hate marriage for themselves, with 72% of black kids living in single-parent households. Blacks hating gays is socially OK in the black community and Morgan just represented the majority of blacks viewpoint. It was just hate speech, not comedy. Punishment is called for to publicly demonstrate that gay-bashing is a punishable crime. He can't skate free.