UConn -- Gay Hockey Players are Welcome

[tykurez]

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[Frank Ivy]

I completely support the rights of homosexual people to integrate fully in all aspects of life.

I also completely support the right of anybody to poke fun at anybody else for any reason that is funny to some.
In that vein - welcome to UConn, gay hockey players, and I expect to see an uptick in the following penalties (from NHL list of penalties):

Butt-ending (or Stabbing)
Checking from behind
Holding the stick
Playing with Too Many Sticks
Spearing
Too many men on the ice

 

[mets1090]

"If they can play and help us win, I'm sure we'd get behind him," [UConn Goalie Garrett Bartus] said.

Gold.

Joking aside, good for UConn and the equal treatment of GLBTQ athletes.

 

[champs99and04]

You wonder what kind of effect this is going to have on recruiting. Unfortunately, homophobia is far too widespread in this country, and there are going to be a great number of families not comfortable sending their kid to a school this vocal about the embracing of gays.

I imagine it's going to be a long time before gays feel accepted in the athletic community. You have to start somewhere, though.

 

[husky99]

sad thing is this is only a story if people make it a story! who cares

 

[UConn3432]

we'll take gay basketball players too. but they probably won't come bc of the tourney ban. oh well.

 

[buckley503]

Marshall and Ambrosie said they don't know if anyone currently on the team is gay and don't really care.

I guess that wasn't on the recruiting questionnaire.

 

[Ricky1Moore]

You wonder what kind of effect this is going to have on recruiting. Unfortunately, homophobia is far too widespread in this country, and there are going to be a great number of families not comfortable sending their kid to a school this vocal about the embracing of gays.

I imagine it's going to be a long time before gays feel accepted in the athletic community. You have to start somewhere, though.

Knowing what most hockey players are like, yes, I would be a little concerned about the effect on recruiting...

But (butt?) the more important move they've made is getting into (the ass of) hockey east. I'm a bball fan so this is not my ball (sac) game - but joining that league is going to raise the program to all new levels.

I'm glad they are accepting, and I'm glad they are on their way up (the butt).

 

[CL82]

Marshall and Ambrosie said they don't know if anyone currently on the team is gay and don't really care.

I guess that wasn't on the recruiting questionnaire.

Thanks. I spit out my drink.

 

[phillionaire]

the comment section from that article is one of the reasons why i avoid espn.com like the plague

 

[ConnHuskBask]

Old news for the hoop team.

Come on, nobody was going to take this layup?

 

[babysheep]

I don't want homophobic players on any athletic team representing UConn, so if it affects recruiting, in my mind, it can only be in a good way.

 

[Mr Blueskin]

Sorry but I'd have to disagree, I wouldn't want any babysheeps on my hockey team.

 

[babysheep]

The only reasons a hockey player wouldn't want a gay guy on the team is that they're afraid of being outplayed by a gay guy, or because they're afraid of gay people. Either way, that player doesn't deserve to be on the team.

 

[Dove]

Gay hockey players are the nimblest of skaters and have quick, supple wrists. Excellent skill set to succeed in hockey.

 

[Frank Ivy]

I'd like to think we can keep this thread light hearted.
Like when the 1st NFL player came out of the closet after retirement. And it turns out he played for the Packers. No crap. Look it up.

But, really, it's not just about "phobia" of gays, is it?

I mean, if you're a gay man, that means that you are attracted to men. Would it be unfair of the non-gay players to insist that they are allowed to change and shower in private?

Is it substantially different than women being asked to undress/shower around heterosexual men?

It's a fair question, and one that deserves to be considered, and not dismissed.

My problem with the gay movement is not that it wants equal rights - I'm buying that, and I support it.

My problem is that some in that movement don't just want equal rights - they want to be normalized, and treated as if they were equivalent to heterosexuals. Sorry. Not equivalent. Not better or worse, just not equivalent.

It's like the movie Brokeback mountain. Some gay guy gave me crap once because I said I hadn't see it nor was I going to see it, as I found the concept of two men getting it on to be repulsive. He called me some awful thing (bigot or something).

So I asked him, "it's not enough that I completely support equal rights for you? I have to like it as well? It's like I support a man's right to practice religion - does that mean I have to like his religion?"

 

[GG]

Not the equivalent ???

 

[husky99]

Aaaaaaaaa no! Ivy did you graduate from high school during the dark ages?

I'd like to think we can keep this thread light hearted.
Like when the 1st NFL player came out of the closet after retirement. And it turns out he played for the Packers. No crap. Look it up.

But, really, it's not just about "phobia" of gays, is it?

I mean, if you're a gay man, that means that you are attracted to men. Would it be unfair of the non-gay players to insist that they are allowed to change and shower in private?

Is it substantially different than women being asked to undress/shower around heterosexual men?

It's a fair question, and one that deserves to be considered, and not dismissed.

My problem with the gay movement is not that it wants equal rights - I'm buying that, and I support it.

My problem is that some in that movement don't just want equal rights - they want to be normalized, and treated as if they were equivalent to heterosexuals. Sorry. Not equivalent. Not better or worse, just not equivalent.

It's like the movie Brokeback mountain. Some gay guy gave me crap once because I said I hadn't see it nor was I going to see it, as I found the concept of two men getting it on to be repulsive. He called me some awful thing (bigot or something).

So I asked him, "it's not enough that I completely support equal rights for you? I have to like it as well? It's like I support a man's right to practice religion - does that mean I have to like his religion?"

 

[ShakyTheMohel]

"My problem is that some in that movement don't just want equal rights - they want to be normalized, and treated as if they were equivalent to heterosexuals. Sorry. Not equivalent. Not better or worse, just not equivalent."

I don't understand this statement. Are you saying that gays are not equal in value or significance to straights?


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[ZenConn]

Link

Wow. There's a ton of comments on this link.

 

[buckley503]

Keeping it sophomoric:

For you Slapshot fans:



"Hey, Hanrahan, You' Wife's a Dyke"

 

[upstater]

I'd like to think we can keep this thread light hearted.
Like when the 1st NFL player came out of the closet after retirement. And it turns out he played for the Packers. No crap. Look it up.

But, really, it's not just about "phobia" of gays, is it?

I mean, if you're a gay man, that means that you are attracted to men. Would it be unfair of the non-gay players to insist that they are allowed to change and shower in private?

Is it substantially different than women being asked to undress/shower around heterosexual men?

It's a fair question, and one that deserves to be considered, and not dismissed.

My problem with the gay movement is not that it wants equal rights - I'm buying that, and I support it.

My problem is that some in that movement don't just want equal rights - they want to be normalized, and treated as if they were equivalent to heterosexuals. Sorry. Not equivalent. Not better or worse, just not equivalent.

It's like the movie Brokeback mountain. Some gay guy gave me crap once because I said I hadn't see it nor was I going to see it, as I found the concept of two men getting it on to be repulsive. He called me some awful thing (bigot or something).

So I asked him, "it's not enough that I completely support equal rights for you? I have to like it as well? It's like I support a man's right to practice religion - does that mean I have to like his religion?"

We had co-ed showers at Boston U.

 

[freescooter]

It's like the movie Brokeback mountain. Some gay guy gave me crap once because I said I hadn't see it nor was I going to see it, as I found the concept of two men getting it on to be repulsive. He called me some awful thing (bigot or something).

In all seriousness for just a moment, one guy I know was hired by a group working on the gay marriage legislation repeal battle in Maine to conduct a survey to design one of the campaigns. It is not really important which side he was working for, but he concluded that by far the biggest reason people oppose gay rights has nothing to do with traditonal marriage, nothing to do with fear that children would be harmed being raised by two men or two women, nothing to do with the fact that it would open the door to human-ice cream marriage (as 1 North Carolina preacher predicted recently). By far, the dominant reason people opposed gay marriage was exactly what Frank said...they found the concept of 2 men getting it on repulsive...both sides knew that by the way and if you go back and look at the anti-gay marriage campaign, that was a huge component of their program. And it worked.

 

[upstater]

It's like the movie Brokeback mountain. Some gay guy gave me crap once because I said I hadn't see it nor was I going to see it, as I found the concept of two men getting it on to be repulsive. He called me some awful thing (bigot or something).

In all seriousness for just a moment, one guy I know was hired by a group working on the gay marriage legislation repeal battle in Maine to conduct a survey to design one of the campaigns. It is not really important which side he was working for, but he concluded that by far the biggest reason people oppose gay rights has nothing to do with traditonal marriage, nothing to do with fear that children would be harmed being raised by two men or two women, nothing to do with the fact that it would open the door to human-ice cream marriage (as 1 North Carolina preacher predicted recently). By far, the dominant reason people opposed gay marriage was exactly what Frank said...they found the concept of 2 men getting it on repulsive...both sides knew that by the way and if you go back and look at the anti-gay marriage campaign, that was a huge component of their program. And it worked.

Apparently some find ice cream repulsive too!

 

[Frank Ivy]

We had co-ed showers at Boston U.

Did the women mind when you looked at their and wahoosies?
If not, I should have gone to BU.