ESPN’s Dan Graziano put it in kinder terms than I, but the point still stands: Tony Dungy would do well to keep his opinions on openly-gay NFL player Michael Sam to himself.
“I wouldn’t have taken him,” Dungy said of Sam, the openly gay linebacker the St. Louis Rams selected in the seventh round of May’s NFL draft, at some point in the past two months. “Not because I don’t believe Michael Sam should have a chance to play, but I wouldn’t want to deal with all of it. It’s not going to be totally smooth … things will happen.”
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“I do not believe Michael’s sexual orientation will be a distraction to his teammates or his organization,” Dungy said in a statement released Tuesday. “I do, however, believe that the media attention that comes with it will be a distraction. Unfortunately, we are all seeing this play out now, and I feel badly that my remarks played a role in the distraction.”
Hollow words. Rhetorical slight of hand. Paradigmatic Christian bigot bullshit. Continue reading
Act of Reparation 