[VIDEO] Curt Schilling Compares Muslim Extremism to Nazi Germany, Gets Thrown from Little League Broadcast

ESPN baseball analyst and former Major League Baseball pitcher Curt Schilling has been thrown from a Little League World Series broadcast for an “unacceptable” message posted to social media Tuesday.

According to the New York Times, the former Red Sox star likened Muslim extremism to Nazi Germany in a message on Twitter, prompting ESPN to pull him from the broadcast.

Schilling posted a photo of Adolph Hitler on Twitter with the writing, “It’s said only 5-10 percent of Muslims are extremists. In 1940, only 7% of Germans were Nazis. How’d that go?”

He accompanied the meme with his own text, “The math is staggering when you get to true #’s.” Schilling deleted the tweet shortly after posting it.

In a statement Tuesday, ESPN labeled the tweet “completely unacceptable,” pulling Schilling from the broadcast and leaving the door ajar for further punishment.

“Curt’s tweet was completely unacceptable, and in no way represents our company’s perspective. We made that point very strongly to Curt and have removed him from his current Little League assignment pending further consideration,” ESPN said.

Schilling, who is a member of ESPN’s Sunday Night Baseball broadcast, immediately took responsibility for the tweet and accepted the punishment.

“I understand and accept my suspension. 100% my fault. Bad choices have bad consequences and this was a bad decision in every way on my part,” Schilling wrote on Twitter Tuesday afternoon.

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California pols could target tax status of Boy Scouts, youth groups over 'discrimination'

California lawmakers are cruising toward a final vote on a bill that could threaten the tax-exempt status of American-as-apple-pie groups — ranging from the Boy Scouts to Little League — if their membership policies are found to be discriminatory. 

If passed, the bill, SB 323, would remove an exemption from state taxes for any nonprofit youth group that discriminates on the basis of “gender identity, race, sexual orientation, nationality, religion, or religious affiliation.” Well-known organizations like Girl Scouts of the USA, Boy Scouts of America, and Little League International Baseball and Softball were cited in the bill, which was introduced in February by Democratic state Sen. Ricardo Lara. 

Lawmakers are not accusing groups like Little League and the Girl Scouts of having discriminatory policies. The bill appears to be aimed more at the Boy Scouts, as Lara pushed the legislation on the heels of the controversy surrounding the Boy Scouts' policy to exclude gay, lesbian, bisexual and transgender people as scouts or adult leaders. The national organization later voted to allow gay youth membership, but maintained its ban on openly gay adult leaders. 

Lara told reporters earlier this month that the Boy Scouts' decision was not good enough for him, and continued to push the bill.  

Youth groups say they hope they won't be affected. Brian McClintock, a Little League International spokesman, told FoxNews.com on Wednesday that the group already does not discriminate against any person on the basis of race, creed, color, national origin, marital status, gender, sexual orientation or disability.

Via: Fox News Politics

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