Posted on 04/30/2013 8:08:42 AM PDT by SeekAndFind
It’s the Monday after the NFL draft and the NBA playoffs are in full swing. But today, Jason Collins, a journeyman basketball payer who averaged just over 1 point per game in the past season, is the leading sports story. The reason is that Collins declared himself the first openly gay male athlete in a major American team sport.
The announcement garnered an outpouring of support, as admirers praised Collins for being willing to come out as gay in a field in which homosexuality has been particularly stigmatized. Others didn’t think Collins' announcement should be much of a story.
I find myself in both camps. I recognize the significance of Collins’ decision and admire the courage required to make it. But I also hope that his announcement will help pave the way for a time when it isn’t a major news story when a professional athlete reveals his sexual orientation, because it doesn’t really matter.
Though the decision of an aging NBA center to come out as gay is a big deal now, ideally, it shouldn’t be.
Snicker...you said big package...snicker..
Pure coincidence counselor!
Which heterosexual players would want to be in the same locker room with him? Total insanity!
Now we can be sure Collins is gay - he sucks.
RE: Now we can be sure Collins is gay - he sucks.
Remember 4 time Olympic Diving Gold Medalist Greg Louganis?
He came out of the closet a long time back. He didn’t suck did he? (BTW, he is HIV positive ).
How about Martina Navratilova and Billie Jean King? They came out 30 years ago... and of course, they were champions.
At a 1 point average this seems to be employment insurance. I mean which team wants to cut the brave homo?
The CROWNING ACHEIVEMENT of the SOCIALIST DEMOCRAT PARTY. Having the gay lobby pay an over the hill bench warming NBA player to come out of the closet for a perceived political gain for the frauds on the left. Dude, stay in the closet because nobody gives a crap if you like dudes.
I said Obama would call Jason, and he did. Soon they will be whispering gross nothings to themselves in the warm glow of the White House bathhouse.
Ideally, no one’s sex life should be news. I don’t want to know how many women Wilt and Tiger bedded, and I don’t want to know anything about this pervert’s sex life either. What happened to decorum? This guy is also a sick pervert, but even if you ignore that, it still would not be an appropriate topic for the news.
I think the lefterals are so hemophilic because it’s their way of shaking their fists in God’s face.
My opinion is that the popular trend of women in gay relationships is simply to have sex without the fear of getting pregnant.
-PJ
LUGs
Lesbian Until Graduation. Some do indeed follow the route you described into old age though.
Looks like I got “autocorrected”.
The term is hOmophilic.
The left tries to poo-poo those concerns and will attempt to humiliate anyone that brings it up.
Did Obama call Tim Tebow when he bacame “openly Christian”
over/under on when he gets called to visit the white house?
I pick May 6
No, but that doesn’t mean Obama doesn’t fantasize about him.
The sports world appears to have reacted with a large yawn. The gay activist world is acting like it’s Christmas in April. We see who gets the press.
Gay is a behavior not an identity so I don't know what you mean.
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