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After Hornets owner Michael Jordan issued a neutral and reasonable response to the NBA’s decision to relocate the 2017 All-Star Game from Charlotte, one minority owner of the team had a much more volatile opinion.

This was Jordan’s response to the decision, which stemmed from North Carolina passing anti-transgender legislation about public restrooms in March: “We understand the NBA’s decision and the challenges around holding the All-Star Game in Charlotte this season.”

But it appears not everyone in the organization agreed with the NBA’s reasoning — this is a portion of an email sent from minority owner Felix Sabates to other members of the Hornets ownership team and obtained by the Charlotte Observer.

“What is wrong with a person using a bathroom provided for the sex the were born with, if you want to change your gender so be it, we are a free county, but don’t force 8 years old children to be exposed to having to share bathroom facilities with people that don’t share the organs they were Bourne with,” Sabates wrote, dispensing with conventional grammar and spelling. “this is plain wrong, this could cause irreparable damages to a children’s that don’t understand why they have to see what God did not mean for them to witness, we have some very confused business as well as political humans that frankly have made this a political issue rather then moral issues, SHAME ON THEM.”

Sabates also blamed the Charlotte City Council for the Hornets losing the rights to host the game. You can read his entire rambling here.

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