Posted on 02/02/2013 3:08:53 PM PST by Houmatt
After stating earlier in the week that gay football players "gotta get up outta here," San Francisco 49ers cornerback Chris Culliver released a statement Wednesday night insisting "those discriminating feelings are truly not in my heart."
While it's fair to wonder if the latter sentiment was prompted by Culliver's publicist, the second-year cornerback is at least taking a proactive approach to assisting the community he offended. Culliver will undergo sensitivity training and then work with "The Trevor Project" in the weeks after Super Bowl XLVII, reported the San Jose Mercury News, to learn more about suicide prevention among lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender and questioning youth.
"We really feel that education about LGBT youth and the challenges they face is a great way to get (Chris) started on the right path," said Lauren McGinnis, communications director for The Trevor Project, "especially since he's a role model."
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This is very sad.
We won’t be watching the Obama Sooper dooper gun grab gay bowl this year.
Obama ruins everything we used to enjoy.
Thanks to the democrat voting constituencies.
sensitivity training? the NFL?
Sorry doesn’t cut it these days? Now he has to be reprogrammed.....this is ridiculous.
That’s complete BS. # the NFL.
Culliver said, “No, we don’t got no gay people on the team.”
if read correctly, Culver said that every member of the 49’s is gay.
When a person makes a public statement while representing the company they work for, the company is free is issue consequences.
>> Now he has to be reprogrammed...
Exactly. He must be forced to accept what is offensive.
The Nazi Football League.
They’ll have him jumping on a bed wearing a Beyonce wig and singing:
I’m a single lady!
I’m a single lady!
I’m a single lady!
I’m a single lady!
Well, he’s in California, so he can’t counsel these misguided children that homosexual behavior is wrong. That’s illegal.
Now I understand why Bama’s running back, Glen Coffee, who was drafted by San Francisco a few years ago QUIT the NFL and returned home. He found that he did not want to be a part of that kind of life. It wasn’t football that was the problem. When your bosses want you to compromise your beliefs, you can go along with it or leave. He left.
“..you gonna get your mind right.”
I knew when they started wearing all that pink shit in October every year, that it was all downhill for the NFL, just a matter of time....
That is actaully a very valid point - and the right of employers is just part of property rights. And Culliver was on “company time” and speaking as part of a “company function.”
What makes this one so offensive is that we know “the company” - the NFL - is being intimidated by Omerica.
I’m a little surprised that Tori Hunter hasn’t been corrected for his comments on gays.
But not too long ago this man's comments wouldn't have warranted such a hypersensitive response by the company.
Soon everyone will be afraid to publicly express any sentiment that is at odds with acceptable norms, no matter how trivial or innocuous.
That is my point.
Rush said the Superbowl isn’t about football. It’s about gay rights.
And we know if people were “promoting” straight rights it would not be accepted. Just like reverse discrimination.
Culliver said, “No, we don’t got no gay people on the team,”
Employers have the option to change their standards and expectations of their employees.
As for Culliver, I do not get the impression that he has the option to leave the NFL and find a job as a brain surgeon or a nuclear physicist.
Culliver said, “No, we don’t got no gay people on the team,”
Employers have the option to change their standards and expectations of their employees.
As for Culliver, I do not get the impression that he has the option to leave the NFL and find a job as a brain surgeon or a nuclear physicist.
All the reason I will be watching the PUPPY BOWL. At least it hasn’t been perverted by the PC crowd.
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