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A gay family in a commercial sparks outrage. By the way, the patriotic song in the commercial was written by a lesbian...

Not only has the new Coca-Cola commercial sparked outrage amongst conservatives due to "America the Beautiful" being sung by Americans in different languages, a gay couple featured in the commercial has also had a similar affect.

Here are some of the tweets regarding this portion of the commercial:

- "Apparently, Coke had a gay couple in their super bowl commercial too. Appeasement much?"

- "Holy cow did I just see a gay couple in a commercial which also mentions god? Way to go coke"

- "While tweeting my hate of #coke cause of the language thing, I missed the gay dads part. What, no time to show an abortion too? #dickheads"

The ironic part about all of this is the fact that the writer of the song "America the Beautiful" is Katharine Lee Bates, who happened to live with Katharine Coman for 25 years. After Coman passed away, Bates published a collection of poems about her former "partner." That's right - the writer of "America the Beautiful" was a lesbian. So, while these people are up in arms about this commercial featuring a gay couple while the song "America the Beautiful" is sung, they should remind themselves that the writer of the song was gay, before likely feeling knots form in their stomachs, and mumbling, "I've sung a song about America written by a gay person? Oh, no! I have to go shower for a few hours, pray for forgiveness while doing this, and then go to confession at least once a day for the next year! I'm sorry, Jesus! Please forgive me, but not that sick gay woman who wrote 'America the Beautiful.' Amen."

http://hollywoodlife.com/2014/02/03/coca-cola-super-bowl-commercial-2014-gay-couple-hateful-tweets/

http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2014/02/03/coke-commercial-gay-family_n_4717635.html

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