During a recent interview with Complex magazine, Ja Rule lashed out about an upcoming Congress hearing that will discuss the degradation of women in rap lyrics. Ja Rule was attempting to show how other things could be just as bad of an influence as rap, but he sort of threw in some anti-gay rhetoric.
Here is what Ja said:
Lets talk about all these f--king shows that they have on MTV that is promoting homosexuality, that my kids can't watch this sh-t. Dating shows that's showing two guys or two girls in mid-afternoon. Let's talk about s--t like that! If that's not f--king up America, I don't know what is.
The people at the Gay & Lesbian Alliance Against Defamation (GLAAD) did not take kindly to Ja's statement. GLAAD issued the following statement on its official website:
No fair-minded person can look at Ja Rule's interview with Complex magazine and believe for one second that his children could be more harmed by what they might see on television than by the vulgarity and prejudice that comes out of their father's mouth. Now that media have seen Ja Rule's intolerance unmasked by his own words, they have a responsibility not to provide in the future a platform for his ugly, vulgar displays of prejudice.
This is the time when I would normally pick a side and defend it, but I'd rather not be on either side here. I'll just say this: Ja Rule had the right idea -- i.e., there are much worse problems than rap lyrics and no young kids should watch MTV -- but it's all in the delivery. He could've made the same point without the anti-gay stuff.
