OT:Britney Griner comes out

[CAHUSKY]

Lira. Not Smith

http://www.ebar.com/arts/art_article.php?sec=film&article=572

So gay activists would prefer Griner to be a drug addict and commit suicide. I'm utterly confused. What is your point exactly?

 

[zyron]

And STDs. People don't brag about their STD's. Unless you are en ex-Laker like Magic or Kareem. In LA its assumed everyone has STDs.

Sure, because Magic talking about did nothing for people who had AIDs or would get it. You should keep you homophobic, religious loving views to the Cesspool. You know, where you told a gay member they had the right to marry whoever they wanted, as long as they were the opposite sex.

 

[RS9999X]

Sure, because Magic talking about did nothing for people who had AIDs or would get it. You should keep you homophobic, religious loving views to the Cesspool. You know, where you told a gay member they had the right to marry whoever they wanted, as long as they were the opposite sex.

I support Civil Unions and the rights of gay people in the workplace and housing. In your world that makes me a homophobe unless I support the "what ever's trendy" gay party line. Are you pushing reparations yet?

You need to call people like me who oppose gay marriage homophobes. Your very identity and self-worth is built on believing only brave people come out of the closet. It's excuse making for all those who never came out of the closet until this day. The implication as to why they never came out is bitter fruit to swallow.

I'm happy Griner came out in a non-political way and says she was accepted at Baylor. She wasn't freaking pathetic about it.

 

[RS9999X]

Some might want to think of the implications of Griner playing for Phoenix which passed a DOMA amendment in 2008 "ONLY A UNION OF ONE MAN AND ONE WOMAN SHALL BE VALID OR RECOGNIZED AS A MARRIAGE IN THIS STATE"

I cut and pasted the caps from wiki.

Did Griner refuse to go work for these "Homophobes"? Will she call her fans "Homophobes"? Or will she follow a middle path to further legal acceptance of gay unions by example? Will those supporting her on that middlepath be classified as "Homophobes" here in CT? Likely so.

 

[zyron]

You need to call people like me who oppose gay marriage homophobes. Your very identity and self-worth is built on believing only brave people come out of the closet.

Your very identity and self-worth is built on an imaginary being in the sky. Maybe someday his image will appear in one of your potato chips.

 

[RS9999X]

Openly gay football player: Bad headline and all.

Former Middle Tennessee kicker was openly gay with teammates, coaches

For the past couple weeks, gay players in college football has become an interesting topic. There’s been a lot of speculation about how a team might treat a gay player on the field or in the locker room.

Middle Tennessee already knows that answer. From 2008-11, it had the first openly gay college football player on its roster, but never went public about it.

Alan Gendreauwas out in high school and when he joined Middle Tennessee as a freshman in 2008, he had no problem sharing his sexual orientation with teammates and friends.

And no one treated him differently.

My whole thing in this is just to help anybody who is struggling with coming out,” Gendreau told the New York Times “I want people to know that I didn’t have a problem with it, and they shouldn’t, either.”'

Gendreau, whose story was originally chronicled by Outsports.com was a four-year starter for the Blue Raiders. He was the all-time leading scorer in Sun Belt Conference history with 295 points and he owns the record for the second-longest field goal in conference history at 55 yards.

 

[nomar]

Gotta say, RS999X is making some really nonsensical arguments in this thread.

Just because you're not for gay marriage and obviously have some weird stick in your craw about gay individuals and groups (WTF were you trying to say about gay groups being Griner's real problem???) doesn't mean you shouldn't be able to step back and admit that it's still courageous for any athlete to come out of the closet.

 

[RS9999X]

No dude. I'm not giving you an excuse to stay in the closet.

 

[joober jones]

I know this may be a little wrong, but if this thread were about Caroline Doty and Meghan Gardler coming out ... well you know where I'm going on this one.