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Obama congratulates Michael Sam, first openly gay player drafted by NFL
CNN ^ | May 11, 2014 | Chelsea J. Carter and Ralph Ellis

Posted on 05/11/2014 4:19:38 AM PDT by 2ndDivisionVet

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President Barack Obama congratulated Michael Sam on Saturday for being the first openly gay football player taken in the National Football League draft, the White House said in a statement.

"From the playing field to the corporate boardroom, LGBT Americans prove everyday that you should be judged by what you do and not who you are," Obama said. He also congratulated the NFL and the St. Louis Rams, the team that drafted Sam.

Sam, an All-American defensive end who played for the University of Missouri, made history when he was picked by the Rams in the seventh and final round. He was the 249th of 256 players selected.

The 24-year-old got the news by telephone from Rams' coach Jeff Fisher, who told Sam: "You are a Ram. The wait is finally over."

Sam, who was filmed by ESPN as he got the call, broke down in tears in the arms of his boyfriend. "Thank you," he could be heard saying to Fisher....

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


TOPICS: Business/Economy; Culture/Society; Politics/Elections; US: Missouri
KEYWORDS: bhohomosexualagenda; football; homosexualagenda; menonfootball; mfl; michaelsam; obama; sports
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To: Erik Latranyi

Exactly.


41 posted on 05/11/2014 5:19:55 AM PDT by Tax-chick (If I offended you, you needed it.)
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To: 2ndDivisionVet
you should be judged by what you do and not who you are

Obama didn't really mean that.

42 posted on 05/11/2014 5:20:12 AM PDT by MulberryDraw (Repeal it.)
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To: 2ndDivisionVet

The Rams now have a player they cannot get rid of.


43 posted on 05/11/2014 5:20:48 AM PDT by depressed in 06 (America conceived in liberty, dies in slavery.)
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To: depressed in 06

Shouldn’t a faggot footballer play for the “Packers”?


44 posted on 05/11/2014 5:23:38 AM PDT by central_va (I won't be reconstructed and I do not give a damn.)
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To: 2ndDivisionVet

Obama: “My tender lips are sweeter than Honey!”

( Wolverton Mountain is now Broke Back Mountain)

(The Hood: “ What it like, white boy, havin’ an in yo face black qeeyah fo’ pressydent?”)


45 posted on 05/11/2014 5:26:13 AM PDT by Candor7 (Obama fascism article:(http://www.americanthinker.com/2009/05/barack_obama_the_quintessentia_1.html))
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To: F15Eagle

I was taking my mom out to eat seafood and it was repeatedly running on the screen....absolutely foul. They are trying to pass a homofascist ordinance here in Houston to add insult to injury.


46 posted on 05/11/2014 5:28:56 AM PDT by magna carta
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To: 2ndDivisionVet

So much hoopla over a guy that isn’t that good. From the amount of coverage he has received, you’d think he would be the greatest defensive end since Bruce Smith.


47 posted on 05/11/2014 5:31:17 AM PDT by Tulane
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To: 2ndDivisionVet

Thank you, President Marxist. Officially, we now may root against the Gay NFL Guy.


48 posted on 05/11/2014 5:36:52 AM PDT by BlueStateRightist (Government is best which governs least.)
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To: CMailBag

“”””””He will likely be in the ‘Hall of Fame’ by the end of the week.””””””””””

He is getting the Super Bowl Trophy on Monday.


49 posted on 05/11/2014 5:37:29 AM PDT by shelterguy
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To: Bluebird Singing

Well, the rump rangers hold the reigns of power, even though they make up like 1.7% of the population.
Don’t speak ill of them. If you do, you will have your stuff taken.


50 posted on 05/11/2014 5:40:56 AM PDT by Yorlik803 ( Church/Caboose in 2016)
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To: 2ndDivisionVet

I kinda liked Jeff Fischer and the Rams. Now I hope they lose every game for promoting and placing this sodomite on their team!


51 posted on 05/11/2014 5:41:56 AM PDT by 2nd Amendment (Proud member of the 48% . . giver not a taker)
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To: 2ndDivisionVet

“LGBT Americans”

Did B0 Soebarkah intentionally leave out “Q” as in LGBTQ?
Is he dissin Q?

Hey Barry, what is wrong with Q?


52 posted on 05/11/2014 5:42:25 AM PDT by Zuse (I am disrupted! I am offended! I am insulted! I am outraged!)
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To: 2ndDivisionVet
It's amazing what junior finds time to keep up with.

Benghazi? Never heard of it.

UBL? Had to be drug in off the golf course. You will recall the photofail. He was sitting by the 4* looking much like an intern.

Trayvon? He was Johnny on the spot with "if I had a son..."

Islamic kidnappers? never heard of 'em

First open homo to get drafted? He's johnny on the spot with a phone call.

53 posted on 05/11/2014 5:44:17 AM PDT by ealgeone (obama, borderof)
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To: 2nd Amendment

Dangerous times when homosexual deviancy is celebrated and God’s morals and values are attacked as “hate crimes”.


54 posted on 05/11/2014 5:45:15 AM PDT by newfreep
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To: F15Eagle

Exactly, that scene with his little white twink boi toi and the tears….it was nauseating…..on so many levels.


55 posted on 05/11/2014 5:46:29 AM PDT by C. Edmund Wright (Tokyo Rove is more than a name, it's a GREAT WEBSITE)
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To: 2ndDivisionVet

How long before some of the few remaining men at ESPN, like Mike Ditka, let something fly out of their mouth that gets them fired?


56 posted on 05/11/2014 5:49:12 AM PDT by C. Edmund Wright (Tokyo Rove is more than a name, it's a GREAT WEBSITE)
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To: 2ndDivisionVet

If the ‘object’ of the game is full acceptance, why do ‘they’ have to report every time one of ‘them’ sneezes?

Doesn’t that keep them in the ‘spotlight’ allowing the naysayers the opportunity to continue railing them?

It appears ‘they’ just relish the fact of keeping the ‘in your face’ attitude alive and well.

One of my ‘favorite’ sayings is

“It is your mouth, you can haul coal in it for all I care. Just ‘leave me alone’, quit making a spectacle of yourself and we can coexist just fine”

Like the Marine DI that said to his new recruits.
“There are no Blacks here, there are no Whites here, there are no Latinos or other groups here. We are all the same.
We are all Green with the object of becoming Marines.”

“Now get on that bus. You Dark Green people get in the back and you Light Green people get in the front.
When you get off the bus, line up alphabetically, by Height.”


57 posted on 05/11/2014 5:50:56 AM PDT by xrmusn ((6/98)"Light travels faster than sound. This is why some people appear bright until they speak.".)
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To: Bluebird Singing

Bingo!


58 posted on 05/11/2014 6:01:21 AM PDT by Flick Lives ("I can't believe it's not Fascism!")
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To: 2ndDivisionVet
The 24-year-old got the news by telephone from Rams' coach Jeff Fisher, who told Sam: "You are a Ram. The wait is finally over."

Until he gets cut.

59 posted on 05/11/2014 6:02:40 AM PDT by DoodleDawg
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To: 2ndDivisionVet

So the guy is a back door bandit....WHO CARES.


60 posted on 05/11/2014 6:02:48 AM PDT by jetson
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