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Akron rabbi, PFLAG president says DJ's comment was a call to violence
WMMS jock apologizes in a taped statement to the gay community and others
by WKSU's M.L. SCHULTZE


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National PFLAG President David Horowitz of Akron.
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A WMMS morning deejay has apologized and been disciplined for comments many saw as advocating rape. 

Dominic Dieter was responding Friday on-air to a father who had e-mailed with concerns that his daughter may be homosexual. He recommended that the father have a friend “screw (her) straight.” 

Dieter was not on the air Monday, but WMMS aired his recorded apology. He said he regretted the comments, apologized to “anyone who may have been offended by what I said,” and insisted he was not advocating physical or sexual violence. 

Rabbi David Horowitz of Akron is now national president of PFLAG: Parents, Families and Friends of Lesbians and Gays. He said he was horrified on learning of the comment.

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“I would love the station to understand that a comment like that incites violence. It justifies rape. And somebody might listen to that and take it seriously. And you can’t assume that there isn’t somebody out there that wouldn’t take it seriously. 

Horowitz said it took him awhile to adjust to the news that his adult daughter is a lesbian. Had he been responding to the father, he said he would have advocated that the father take time to learn more about his daughter and about gay people. 

The radio station’s owner, Clear Channel, says its inviting gay rights group Equality Ohio to become part of the WMMS Community Advisory Board.



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