Since when have baseball players been "mainstream" about this? There isn't one admitted homosexual in all of major league baseball. It's not in their DNA. Just watch them. It's part of the baseball culture. They're regular, straight, women lovin' guys.
Such fears are completely unfounded. That scenario could never, ever occur.
You see, homosexuals in the USA don't have a dominant cultural tendency toward wanton promiscuity, and they generally act in a responsible manner because it's so important for them to control the spread of sexually transmitted diseases. How can they be so controlled? Because unlike heterosexual men, they are able to control their sexual urges when they are faced with a roomful of nudity of the gender they desire. Doesn't everybody know that?
Rest assured, Eddie and Smoltzie -- if there are any gay men on the Braves, they respect that you wouldn't want them looking at your toned, athletic bodies (not to mention your genitals) and they would never think of you fellows the way you or your straight teammates might think in a locker room full of naked, nubile cheerleaders.
Only a baboon would see this comment as comparing homosexuality to bestiality.
A disingenuous, ignorant baboon who is always spoiling for a fight at any perceived verbal slight.
It's a good thing John Smoltz is a top player; otherwise he'd be getting the Rocker treatment.
Homosexual Agenda Ping - Just saw this and haven't read it really. But why is it when famous people criticize or speak the truth about homosexuality their lives are then ruined? What the he** happened to free speech? Even though there aren't any "hatespeech" laws in the US (yet), there is an unspoken "hatespeech" code.
***Note my tagline! That's what I get for exercising my right to free speech! And I'm not even rude about it... ;-)
Let me know if anyone wants on/off this pinglist.
“It hurts him. We rely on our athletes to be role models,” Pierce said. “Do we want a role model who, for some reason, fears or hates a segment of our society? To me, it shows the ignorance that is out there.”
This is such crap. So now homosexual behavior is sancrosanct, and those who practice it are beyond reproach? A good role model is one who kowtows to the homosexual agenda, and a bad role model is one who stands up for traditional morality.
It's a world gone mad.
"“Unfortunately major league sports haven’t come around to mainstream thinking,” Pierce said, adding that the players’ comments were induced by “testosterone"
At least they still have some.
If the court can order the one over the objections of the legislature, then the court can order the other.
Smoltz is a "perennial Hall of Famer"?
First the homosexual lobby wants to redefine the word 'marriage' and now they want to redefine "mainstream thinking." Next thing ya know they will want to redefine the word "is,"...oh wait, that's been done already.
5.56mm
Like Mrs. Edwards said, "It's a free country and some people are going to be angry..." Speak your mind. If Whoopi Goldberg and the rest can slime the President, Smoltz can ask some real questions.
“Unfortunately major league sports haven’t come around to mainstream thinking,”
I played and coached sports. There's a certain mentality needed there. Weakness is hated, and 'flamers' (the stereotypical homo) aren't liked much since they are viewed as WEAK. Personally, I don't care if someone is gay or not. It's not business and I don't want it to be my business.
“I think the male locker room has had a reputation of being homophobic and lacking tolerance in many respects,” Lopiano said. “And few sports organizations have taken on the challenge of making these rooms better.”
I don't give a damn. In that locker room, what I care about is a WINNING MENTALITY. "We're tougher, stronger, faster, smarter, and more prepared than the enemy."
Smoltz was reported to say he wouldn’t have a problem having a gay teammate “unless it compromised the team.”
That's my view.
Such feelings are caused by “a fear of homosexuality based on myth and a lack of understanding,” she said.
What myth?
Team chemistry is as important to a team as talent and work ethic. If it isn't there, there's no title. Ask the LA Lakers this year. Ask the Pistons as well.
Don't think so Pierce. The vast majority of baseball fans aren't gay.
It may be gay fans who punish Smoltz, according to Gary Sisney, owner of Woof’s,a gay sports bar in Atlanta.
I wonder when "the bar" came out of the closet?
Actually, it's an insult to animals.
Do you notice that the AP only reports the comments supplied by other queers? The media is doing their best to stir up trouble in order to make a story.
Braves' fan bump for later