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The American Family Association gave a new twist to its Olympic coverage thanks to its strict policy to always replace the word “gay” with “homosexual” on the website of its Christian news outlet, OneNewsNow.

The group’s automated system ran a story about Tyson Gay qualifying for the Olympics, but as it changed the forbidden word, wound up publishing a story about “Tyson Homosexual”.

Fred Jackson, news director of OneNewsNow, said his organisation has now changed the software.

“We took the filter out for that word,” he said, without uttering the “G” word.

“We don’t object to the word ‘gay,’” Jackson explained, except “when it refers to people who practice a homosexual lifestyle.”

And the “G” word, he says, has “been co-opted by a particular group of people.” (People who are g-a-y.)

Tyson finished fourth in the 100m final last night behind Olympic record holder Usain Bolt.

The OneNewsNow site also worked its magic in a story about NBA player Rudy Gay: “Memphis Grizzlies backers hit the hay hoping that Kevin Love would open things up for Rudy Homosexual in the frontcourt.”