Posted on 05/06/2013 4:19:47 PM PDT by rhema
On Monday, April 29, Washington Wizards center Jason Collins publicly announced that he was gay. Hours after Collins’ announcement, the career of ESPN writer Chris Broussard hung in the balance for remarks he made on Outside the Lines that were deemed a “distraction” by the network. Amid public praise for Jason Collins, Broussard, a Christian, spoiled the party with his principled commentary on the 34-year old NBA player’s announcement.
The revelation, Broussard said, was met with a “mixed bag of reactions [among NBA players and coaches], just like there is throughout America.”
In his Outside the Lines interview, the reporter said:
“I’m a Christian. I don’t agree with homosexuality. I think it’s a sin, as I think all sex outside of marriage between a man and a woman is… In talking to some people around the league, there’s a lot Christians in the NBA and just because they disagree with that lifestyle, they don’t want to be called bigoted and intolerant and things like that.”
In short order MoveOn, a left-leaning advocacy group, crafted a petition calling for Broussard’s suspension. Of course, a Christian organization hoped on the hate-the-hater bandwagon.
Jason Collins, who wears the number 98 to honor slain gay student Matthew Shepard, was formerly engaged to a player on Stanford’s women’s basketball team. Carolyn Moos, who later played in the WNBA, was as surprised as everyone else with the news about Collins. The two met during freshman year and their romance bloomed until he terminated the relationships for reasons that are now clear.
Something Old, Something New
Jason Collins’ announcement and Chris Broussard’s response are non-issues for two reasons.
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$3.oo bill.
I see no reason to praise a faggot for coming out of the closet.
Glen Burke (baseball) did it first.
Of course, some folks could see past the PR spin on Magic Johnson. At that time, the homosexual community wanted to have HIV be a not just-gays disease. (although there were people killed by blood transfusions such as Arthur Ashe)
In female athletics, there was Martina Navratalova and Billy Jean King.
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