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The gay and reggae subcultures faced off in Sacramento in the United states on Sunday night over reggae artiste Capleton.
Capleton performed at a popular club in Sacramento despite pleas and protest from the gay community for the show to be cancelled.
The international reggae artiste has been accused of using anti-gay lyrics in his music; words like "kill" and "burn" in reference to cleansing the world of homosexuality.
Harlow's, a restaurant and nightclub featuring live music, cancelled a similar performance by Capleton last year over similar concerns from the gay community but not this time.
"We've never censored anyone else; any other artiste before. I don't see a reason to do so now. Never in the history of booking the shows have we censored anyone because of their lyrics and what not. So, we're sticking to our guns on this," says Victor Torza, one of the managers of the family owned business.
However Capletons's show attracted nearly as many protesters as fans.
"Harlow's breeds hate!" screamed one protestor of a crowd of three dozen protestors who had gathered across the street from Harlow's.
"There's a man in there that's doing comedy against gay people and he thinks that it's funny and he doesn't care" said protestor Erin Lawrence.
The protesters said the message that the club is sending out to the public is that profit is more important than the homosexual community.
The show went on without incident.
When Harlow's cancelled Capleton's 2009 show, it was the first time act off the stage.
For his part Capleton extended an Olive Branch to his critics.
Since last year's controversy he has signed a pact with other reggae artists promising to stop so-called "Murder Music."
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