N.C. State’s C.J. Leslie has been forced to apologize for a comment he tweeted where he said he’d rather not have a gay person in the locker room.

Really? It seems pretty tame. While many may feel differently, he was just saying how he feels. This is political correctness run amok. No one would have said a word if a female basketball player said she didn’t want a heterosexual male in the locker room.

Leslie didn’t say he hates gay people or anything particularly derogatory about gay people. He’d simply rather not share a locker room with someone of a different sexual orientation.

As soon as the tweet came out, radical groups and sensitive N.C. State officials came down on Leslie, who released this statement: “Wanna apologize for hurting or offending any 1 with my tweets yesterday…Was watching espn about it and didn’t think before I tweeted. Meant no disrespect to any 1.”

I believe him but left-leaning sportswriters aren’t giving him any breaks. For instance, Tim Hall, who covers ACC basketball and football for 99.9 The Fan and 620 The Buzz, wrote “Let’s be real, the apology was only a formality. Did he suddenly change his personal view on how he would feel with a gay athlete in his locker room in a 24 hour span? The apology probably isn’t for having the opinion, just for tweeting it.”

So, evidently in our policitically correct society, we are supposed to apologize for our opinions. Leslie’s opinion is Leslie’s opinion and many Americans believe it is a legitimate concern. He should have a right to it without being PC-ed to death.