GOP loss: NFL drafts openly gay player, who kisses his partner on ESPN; Public is ok

[bucs90]

The GOP lost yet another small battle today.

The National Football League....the beacon of macho manliness in America, had it's collegiate player draft today.

And former University of Missouri defensive end Michael Sam, SEC defensive player of the year, was drafted in the 7th round by the St Louis Rams. He is considered a "tweener", too slow to play LB, too small for DE, but very talented, so he's getting his shot.

ESPN showed him at his home with his partner, a white man. So, basically, a gay interracial couple, kissing on national TV on ESPN, after Sam was drafted into the manliest of sports, the NFL.

And what happened? Nothing. The public is fine with it. His future St Louis teammates welcomed him and basically said lets get to work and win some ball games. ESPN analysts spoke of the significance of the moment...and them spoke of how Sam will fit in with the Ram's scheme and their incredibly talented defense.

The public is just fine with it. So are his teammates.

Only the GOP seems to have a problem with gay people. And society will remember it.

 

[I.P.Freely]

this does not surprise me, I always thought it was a very homo-erotic sport.

 

[tinydancer]

My what a serious asshole you are bucs90 to actually have the balls to put up such a thread.

I love it when "liberals" make such blanket assumptions. You showed true colors here bucs90.

Bigot. You are a bigot.

 

[NoNukes]

this does not surprise me, I always thought it was a very homo-erotic sport.

These guys cannot keep from their hands off if each other's butts. Always smaking one another.

 

[tyroneweaver]

ya always knew who bucs was when playing football because he was the one that came out of the pile with a smile on his face

 

[Jarlaxle]

My guess: he's cut before opening day. Michael Sam is not an NFL-caliber player. (Which is why he was drafted ~250th!)

 

[Stephanie]

good grief, some people are obsessed with other people's sex acts

doesn't sound healthy to me

 

[The Rabbi]

I dont recall the GOP taking a position on this. Anyone?

 

[NYcarbineer]

Rabbi's post below is an early indicator of the future of mainstream conservatism; they will eventually pretend they never had a problem with gay rights in the first place.

Conservatism always loses in long run, because conservatism is anti-progress, and progress is evolution, and evolution is unstoppable.

 

[rightwinger]

Rabbi's post below is an early indicator of the future of mainstream conservatism; they will eventually pretend they never had a problem with gay rights in the first place.

Conservatism always loses in long run, because conservatism is anti-progress, and progress is evolution, and evolution is unstoppable.

Conservatives never had a problem with gay rights....they just believe it is a states right to decide if they hate fags

 

[bripat9643]

The GOP lost yet another small battle today.

The National Football League....the beacon of macho manliness in America, had it's collegiate player draft today.

And former University of Missouri defensive end Michael Sam, SEC defensive player of the year, was drafted in the 7th round by the St Louis Rams. He is considered a "tweener", too slow to play LB, too small for DE, but very talented, so he's getting his shot.

ESPN showed him at his home with his partner, a white man. So, basically, a gay interracial couple, kissing on national TV on ESPN, after Sam was drafted into the manliest of sports, the NFL.

And what happened? Nothing. The public is fine with it. His future St Louis teammates welcomed him and basically said lets get to work and win some ball games. ESPN analysts spoke of the significance of the moment...and them spoke of how Sam will fit in with the Ram's scheme and their incredibly talented defense.

The public is just fine with it. So are his teammates.

Only the GOP seems to have a problem with gay people. And society will remember it.

Can you name one person in the GOP who said anything about it?

 

[tinydancer]

Rabbi's post below is an early indicator of the future of mainstream conservatism; they will eventually pretend they never had a problem with gay rights in the first place.

Conservatism always loses in long run, because conservatism is anti-progress, and progress is evolution, and evolution is unstoppable.

Conservatives never had a problem with gay rights....they just believe it is a states right to decide if they hate fags

Why on earth would a conservative hate a cigarette?

 

[Sunni Man]

Conservatism always loses in long run, because conservatism is anti-progress, and progress is evolution, and evolution is unstoppable.

So fudge packing is evidence of evolution??....

 

[R.D.]

Rabbi's post below is an early indicator of the future of mainstream conservatism; they will eventually pretend they never had a problem with gay rights in the first place.

Conservatism always loses in long run, because conservatism is anti-progress, and progress is evolution, and evolution is unstoppable.

There is no Rabbis post below (at this point) fool

That said, repeating the lie only makes you a liar, tool

 

[Stephanie]

I dont recall the GOP taking a position on this. Anyone?

if they don't lie they have nothing to use against people
it's the Democrat/progressive/sheep way

 

[The Rabbi]

Rabbi's post below is an early indicator of the future of mainstream conservatism; they will eventually pretend they never had a problem with gay rights in the first place.

Conservatism always loses in long run, because conservatism is anti-progress, and progress is evolution, and evolution is unstoppable.

There is nothing here about gay rights, dipshit. The GOP never took a position on any of it. Therefore they could not "lose" anything.
Pro football won't gain much by featuring perverts on its teams. Who wants to watch crap like that?

 

[Toro]

Given that most young people - conservatives, liberals, Republicans or Democrats - have no problem with gay people, a more accurate title to the thread would have been "Old People's Loss: ... "

 

[zeke]

Rabbi's post below is an early indicator of the future of mainstream conservatism; they will eventually pretend they never had a problem with gay rights in the first place.

Conservatism always loses in long run, because conservatism is anti-progress, and progress is evolution, and evolution is unstoppable.

There is nothing here about gay rights, dipshit. The GOP never took a position on any of it. Therefore they could not "lose" anything.
Pro football won't gain much by featuring perverts on its teams. Who wants to watch crap like that?

I know what you mean. That Michael Vick was a big disappointment.

 

[The Rabbi]

Rabbi's post below is an early indicator of the future of mainstream conservatism; they will eventually pretend they never had a problem with gay rights in the first place.

Conservatism always loses in long run, because conservatism is anti-progress, and progress is evolution, and evolution is unstoppable.

There is nothing here about gay rights, dipshit. The GOP never took a position on any of it. Therefore they could not "lose" anything.
Pro football won't gain much by featuring perverts on its teams. Who wants to watch crap like that?

I know what you mean. That Michael Vick was a big disappointment.

I don't think Vick was having sex with his dogs. He was no model citizen any way you look at it though.

 

[Seawytch]

Rabbi's post below is an early indicator of the future of mainstream conservatism; they will eventually pretend they never had a problem with gay rights in the first place.

Conservatism always loses in long run, because conservatism is anti-progress, and progress is evolution, and evolution is unstoppable.

There is nothing here about gay rights, dipshit. The GOP never took a position on any of it. Therefore they could not "lose" anything.
Pro football won't gain much by featuring perverts on its teams. Who wants to watch crap like that?

True, the GOP never took any kind of official position on it, but a GOP lobbyist tried to get a bill sponsored that would ban gay players from the NFL.

The NFL isn't "featuring perverts", they're featuring football players...some of whom happen to be gay.