(CNN) The New York Mets said the team will stop featuring players on the kiss cam after some fans complained the stunt was homophobic.

The kiss cam will continue, said Jay Horwitz, vice president of media relations, but it will no longer feature players in the heart-shaped frame.

"We have, on occasion, included players from opposing teams in our popular in-game kiss cam feature. While intended to be lighthearted, we unintentionally offended some. We apologize for doing so and no longer will include players in the feature. Our organization is wholly supportive of fostering an inclusive and respectful environment at games," the organization said Wednesday.

It's a stunt familiar to anyone who has been to a professional sporting event: The kiss cam pans across the stands, featuring different couples, before settling on two men or two women in an apparent joke, eliciting laughter from the stands.

Not everyone sees the humor in two men or two women kissing. A few notable exceptions have turned the gag into a sincere, inclusive gesture. Over Labor Day weekend, a man proposed to his partner in the Houston Astros Minute Maid Ballpark on the kiss cam.

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