Posted on 05/11/2014 4:19:38 AM PDT by 2ndDivisionVet
(VIDEO-AT-LINK)
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....
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I cannot disagree with any of that. I study end time prophecy a lot, and we do not appear to be around, or at least, significant. There’s a lot of emphasis on what is now known as Turkey, however….not to mention Israel, etc.
It very well could be that a homosexual being picked in the last round of the NFL Draft could be a last straw.
I hope they exchange their own unique untreatable HIV strains.
and the 7 letters to the 7 churches in Revelation…..all 7 churches in a small area of what is now Turkey, and what was then called ‘Asia Minor’ or Pro Consular Asia (part of Roman Empire).
I thank God the Bears didn’t draft him.
After his awful combine he has the nerve to say he was drafted too low.
Whatever, twinkle toes.
Why is everything a fag or a black does “historic”?
Give a (fill in the blank) an inch, they take a mile.
Give a (fill in the blank) a finger, they want the the hand.
After his awful combine he has the nerve to say he was drafted too low.
http://www.cbssports.com/nfl/eye-on-football/24557863/michael-sam-i-shouldve-been-drafted-in-the-first-three-rounds
Whatever, twinkle toes.
Wow just wow. If the Bears drafted this freak I would have boycotted them. This guy is going to cause all sorts of problems. He probably has lawyered up the second he is cut. This guy really has a lot of nerve complaining he should have been picked in the first three rounds.
He sucked at the combine (pun intended) and now is going to be a nightmare for the St. Louis Rams. Will make every demand on Earth and if he doesn't get it he'll sue and say they are homophobic.
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