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Former Vikings punter says he lost job due to stance on gay marriage | For The Win
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I hope that someday we can finally put this hate and fear behind us.
.... Throughout the months of September, October, and November, Minnesota Vikings special-teams coordinator Mike Priefer would use homophobic language in my presence He would ask me if I had written any letters defending the gays recently and denounce as disgusting the idea that two men would kiss, and he would constantly belittle or demean any idea of acceptance or tolerance Mike Priefer also said on multiple occasions that I would wind up burning in hell with the gays, and that the only truth was Jesus Christ and the Bible. He said all this in a semi-joking tone, and I responded in kind ...
As [my teammates and I] sat down in our chairs, Mike Priefer, in one of the meanest voices I can ever recall hearing, said: We should round up all the gays, send them to an island, and then nuke it until it glows. The room grew intensely quiet, and none of the players said a word for the rest of the meeting.
The original article is linked.
I hope that someday we can finally put this hate and fear behind us.