Pro-LGBT candidate Bill Richardson used gay slur last year on Imus show...

Democratic presidential candidate Bill Richardson may be aggressively courting the gay vote in his run for The White House, but he may have done some damage to that effort by using the word, maricón - Spanish for “faggot” while on the radio with Don Imus last year.
Richardson appeared on the since-canceled Imus radio program last March. Imus, of “nappy-headed hos” infamy, had the following exchange with the governor of New Mexico:
“Bernard on the staff here has been claiming you’re not really Hispanic so– that you’re just claiming that for some sort of advantage or something,” Imus said to Richardson, tongue clearly in cheek. “You can just answer this yes or no and this will answer that question. Would you agree that Bernard is a maricón?”
Without missing a beat, Richardson replied in Spanish, “Yo creo que Bernardo, sí — es un maricón si él piensa que yo no soy hispano. [General laughter] Was that good enough or what? [General laughter]”
Translated to English, Richardson said, “I believe that Bernard, yes – he’s a faggot if he thinks that I am not Hispanic.”
According to the Queerty site, gay activist Christopher Hubble heard and notified GLAAD who consulted with They, Equality New Mexico which received a call from Richardson apologizing for the slur. The matter did not go any further until some recent reports in a gay newspaper and Richardson recently released a statement apologizing:
"I would never knowingly say or do anything to hurt the GLBT community — a community that I have worked hard for and supported my entire career. In the Spanish I grew up speaking, the term means simply ‘gay,’ not positive or negative. It has been brought to my attention that the word also has a hurtful or derogatory connotation, which was never my intent. If I offended anybody, I’m sorry."
"My record on GLBT issues speaks for itself. I have certainly done more to help and support the GLBT community than any other presidential candidate, and more than most other politicians. The timing of this smacks of politics — it comes as I am gaining momentum and moving up in the polls."

I'm glad to have a candidate who is supportive of gay issues, but, he should have known better.