The DJ responsible for the mix-up has stepped forward to admit that he’s solely to blame for the incident.
Updated link
It doesn’t diminish the genuine hurt experienced by the chorus — and their friends and family — but for all the so-called “experts” here who loudly proclaimed that there was no way that this wasn’t directed by the Padres organization, maybe it’s a reminder to let the facts play out before rushing into a subject and condemning folks without sufficient information.
The fact is that professional sports have been terrible when it comes to LGBT issues — and there is still a long ways to go — but an effort is being made by some teams and individuals. It doesn’t help to jump all over an organization that has been making that kind of effort based on “facts” that didn’t exist.
Update: Thanks for the folks pointing out the bad link. Mea culpa!