CNN contributor under fire for anti-gay Super Bowl remarks

The Gay Lesbian Alliance Against Defamation (GLAAD) said Monday morning that CNN should fire political analyst Roland Martin over comments made on his Twitter page about a Super Bowl ad.

In response to the H&M commercial featuring soccer icon David Beckham wearing underwear, Martin wrote on his Twitter page: "If a dude at your Super Bowl party is hyped about David Beckham's H&M underwear ad, smack the ish out of him!"

GLADD replied back to Martin's tweet, saying, "@rolandsmartin Advocates of gay bashing have no place at @CNN #SuperBowl #LGBT."

Martin shot back: "@glaad @CNN well you're clearly out of touch and clueless with what I tweeted. Way to assume, but you're way off base."

The political pundit wrote on Twitter Monday that he intended his original tweet to be a shot at soccer fans instead of the LGBT community.

"I made several cracks about soccer as I do all the time," hesaid. "I was not referring to sexuality directly or indirectly regarding the David Beckham ad, and I'm sorry folks took it otherwise. It was meant to be a deliberately over the top and sarcastic crack about soccer; I do not advocate violence of any kind against anyone gay, or not."

GLADD issued a statement Monday morning calling for Martin's departure from the network.

"Martin has a history of anti-LGBT views," the organization said. "GLAAD is calling on him to be fired, joining many other LGBT activists and bloggers.”

CNN has yet to make a statement on the issue.