Posted on 05/13/2014 5:43:23 AM PDT by ilovesarah2012
MIAMI – The Miami Dolphins have fined and suspended safety Don Jones for Tweeting his disapproval of a same-sex kiss that aired on ESPN this past weekend.
ESPN carried footage of Michael Sam’s reaction on Saturday as he learned that he had been selected by the St. Louis Rams, making their 249th choice overall. Sam and his partner Vito Cammisano embraced and kissed each other on national television upon receipt of the news, drawing applause from some and disapproval from others.
Miami Dolphins safety Don Jones was among those who expressed his disagreement of the public act, commenting on Twitter that he found it to be “horrible.”
He later removed the Tweet and one other surrounding the matter, but on Sunday, team officials leveled Jones with a fine—the amount of which has not been announced—and suspended him from the team until he participates in sensitivity training.
“We were disappointed to read Don’s Tweets during the NFL Draft,” Coach Joe Philbin wrote in a statement. “They were inappropriate and unacceptable, and we regret the negative impact these comments had on such an important weekend for the NFL. We met with Don about respect, discrimination and judgment. These comments are not consistent with the values and standards of our program. We will continue to emphasize and educate our players that these statements will not be tolerated.”
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What did the video of the 248th draftee look like???
The 247th????
The 250th????
Oh...There wasn’t any of those??? Hmmmmmm......
Only one of the gay guy.....
Where the hell is the players association? They should b e standing up for freedom of speech! We have really lost it!
I cannot say at my job that I don’t like black people and expect to keep my job.
...oh, so he was at his job, doing what his employer hired him to do, and using a company device to tweet the remark...well, that changes the issue...
You’re right, it’s not a violation of the 1st Amendment. It might be a violation of the Civil Rights Act that prohibits discrimination based on, among other things, religion.
Sensitivity training, my butt! The homosexual in question should receive (a)Don’t Be A Girly Man training (b)Homosexual PDA’s Are Offensive To Most People training (c)Your Kind Is Only 10% Of The Population So Don’t Get Above Your Station In Life training
Me too. And my hometown team is the worst offender...Dolphins.
Harrison Bergeron.
It was disgusting!!
What “they” do is disgusting!! It is vile, filthy, and un-natural.
Why some people think that by just calling it “normal” makes it so is pure and simple BS!!!
How many centuries was homosexuality classified as deviant behavior? So what changed?
“Don’t Sam me bro!!”
Props to Derrick Ward. The powers that be have no problem making a mockery of God and Christians. They ask us to be tolerable of what is an abomination towards God and one of the filthiest of sins, yet if we don’t submit to that, then we need to be re-educated with their “sensitivity” class. God will “justly reward” those that support the mockery of His name, and by reward I am talking about a special place in hell.
Unfortunately, that’s not what happened here. They FINED him and SUSPENDED him for what he did. Fire him if what he did is so bad. Fining and suspending him is BULL****! Something a bunch of morons would do.
Time to boycott ESPN and the NFL. The PC police need to know their place.
I agree. What irks me is the people providing the consequences. They claim to support diversity, tolerance, acceptance. In fact they force it down our throats on issues they support. However, when someone expresses an opinion not in line with their beliefs, do they celebrate that diversity of thought? No, of course not. Instead, out come the "consequences" for actually having a contrary opinion.
Celebrate diversity. {snort} Oh, they celebrate it alright. Anytime they see diversity it is a new opportunity for the lying hypocrites to issue their venom on someone. Modern day liberals are some of the lowest, most vile people you'll ever meet.
Guess their fan base must come from South Beach.
John Rocker got thrown under the bus for anti-gay comments and this was back in what the 90s?
Goodell is a pussy. The NFL hasn’t had a real man in charge since Pete Rozelle....
And the NFL will face the consequence of supporting faggotry.
ok you had me worried there with the Chick-Fil-A story where you weren’t outraged by the gay agenda creeping up and demanding crap from Dan Cathy.
I forgot about him.
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