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Suns’ Chief Executive Quits, Calling Decision Personal
New York Times ^ | September 9, 2011 | Howard Beck

Posted on 09/10/2011 4:55:03 PM PDT by ConservativeStatement

Rick Welts is resigning as the president and chief executive of the Phoenix Suns, only four months after becoming the most prominent sports executive to publicly say that he is gay.

(Excerpt) Read more at nytimes.com ...


TOPICS: Culture/Society
KEYWORDS: gays; homosexuality; homosexuals; suns; welts
He was happy with his decision.
1 posted on 09/10/2011 4:55:09 PM PDT by ConservativeStatement
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He shouldn’t let the door hit him in the ass on his way out and he can take his Los Suns bull**** with him!


2 posted on 09/10/2011 4:56:59 PM PDT by FlingWingFlyer (Only two things come out of the DemocRAT Party. Fears and Smears.)
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To: FlingWingFlyer

I’m listening to the South Carolina cheerleaders cheer right now. I’m not sure I can say what. :-)


3 posted on 09/10/2011 5:01:02 PM PDT by ConservativeStatement (Obama "acted stupidly.")
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When will these darn gays stop asking us to share in their life. We have become victims of this atrocity.


4 posted on 09/10/2011 5:02:23 PM PDT by Sacajaweau
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I dont’t know anything about this man or story, but reading the summary it popped into my head that this and the other announcement doesn’t seem voluntary. I am just speculating, but to me it seems more like he is being blackmailed. I wouldn’t be surprised to hear another anouncement or story, this time the part of his life that he is really trying to cover. Again, just speculating.


5 posted on 09/10/2011 5:13:28 PM PDT by Vince Ferrer
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To: ConservativeStatement

Los Twinkies.


6 posted on 09/10/2011 5:16:25 PM PDT by Jeff Chandler (I never did understand why the Republicans agree to let the Democrats moderate their debates.)
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In May, Welts stunned many around the league by disclosing his sexual orientation. “This is one of the last industries where the subject is off limits,” Welts said in a New York Times article. “Nobody’s comfortable in engaging in a conversation.”


Why exactly do we have to be comfortable in engaging in a conversation about homosexuality, for somebody who works in the basketball business? Why is the implication that something’s wrong in basketball if you can’t talk about your homosexuality?

I’m not familiar with him or his work, but, if he did a good job with the NBA All Star weekend, that’s great. And his work in the NBA and the Suns has nothing to do with his “orientation”. Since that has nothing to do with his “orientation”, why do we have to have his “orientation” front and center in his work in the basketball industry????

Or, does he feel compelled to introduce his homosexuality into areas where it is irrelevant??


7 posted on 09/10/2011 5:20:47 PM PDT by Dilbert San Diego
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Homosexuals are obsessed with their sexual appetites. It trumps everything else.
8 posted on 09/10/2011 5:26:59 PM PDT by hinckley buzzard
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To: Dilbert San Diego
Tim Hardaway pretty much sums it up.


9 posted on 09/10/2011 5:30:09 PM PDT by Palter (Even liberals need jobs.)
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I wouldn't be surprised if the NBA, like some MLB teams, has some sort of gay or anti-bullying connection in the future. I think the Red Sox, Giants and Cubs have enacted a policy. This will be the next mission for sports in this decade. He used to work at the NBA league HQs. And Commissioner David Stern is a far left-winger.
10 posted on 09/10/2011 5:38:18 PM PDT by ConservativeStatement (Obama "acted stupidly.")
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He’ll probably get an invite to Little Stevie Dunham’s Red House any day now.


11 posted on 09/10/2011 6:26:48 PM PDT by Mortrey (Impeach President Soros)
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Hardaway is now a bona fide fag-lover. ESPN came up with an article recently how TH goes to schools and spreads the message of loving gays’. Looks like they got to him.


12 posted on 09/10/2011 7:07:37 PM PDT by max americana (FUBO NATION 2012 FK BARAK)
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Not surprising.
13 posted on 09/10/2011 7:18:52 PM PDT by Palter (Even liberals need jobs.)
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To: hinckley buzzard

Sex trumps everything for liberals. They have no God, no faith, no belief in the afterlife. The vacuum is filled by sex.


14 posted on 09/10/2011 7:58:03 PM PDT by heye2monn
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To: ConservativeStatement
Don't let your sun son go down on him.
15 posted on 09/10/2011 8:53:24 PM PDT by rfp1234
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