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Wait! Dayton and Apostle haven't expressed their boilerplate religious outrage yet, nor has enlisted person chimed in with his thinly-veiled self-loathing...
Why can't we preserve the traditional definition of an NBA center? I don't want high school basketball players to be turned gay by this!
The reaction to this has been almost entirely positive. The only negativity is coming from a few conservatives and irrelevant sports gabbers who can't engage with anything in a way that strays from their predefined public persona. The rest of us knew it was coming, have known for years that pro sports are full of gay athletes, and are waiting for the floodgates to open.
Don't care. Though it will be interesting to see what gets said when his contract isn't renewed or picked up by another team (he's a free agent right now). He's been in the league 12 years with 6 different teams and is a back bencher. His contract has already ended this year and he's 36 years old which in the NBA makes you ancient unless you're a superstar player. Will there be accusations that he doesn't get a new contract with the team because he came out of the closet?
Gay athlete comes out the same day Tim Tebow gets released from the Jets. Coincidence? I think not. God is angry and our punishment is never seeing the amazing Saint Tebow start another NFL game. Today, humanity lost.
From what I hear, in America, being black and gay is a pretty big deal because the black community shuns gay people more than other segments of the population. Is this true?
Correction to Mr. Collins' statement: he does not play in a major American sport. The Washington Wizards are not a major team.
I find it highly offensive that he has even mentioned having a wife. I really did not need to know that Dayton was straight.
Why is this even worth a discussion? Good on him if he felt compelled to do this, and those that don't approve... so the fuck what? I want to talk about gun-toting christians.. the inherent right I have to bear arms and believe in the one true God! :onenote:
Which is ironic because there is a very large section of black men who go on the "down low" and think it doesn't count as gay because they are married to women.
Saving such intense ignorance for posterity. The "down low" in this context is married black men who conduct clandesdine sexual relations with other men...usually also married...and they pat themselves on the back on how it isn't really gay and it really doesn't count. Not cunnilingus.
Why do you feel compelled to showcase your hetero, breeder lifestyle? Wish people would not advertise their sexuality.
Sorreeeeeeeeeeeeeey.. not as well versed on Black gay men as you seem to be... did you drive a black man to be queer?
OH MY FUCKING GOD!!! THIS IS SO GODDAMNED MOTHERFUCKING EARTH-SHAKING!!! DO ANY OF YOU FUCKING PEOPLE HAVE ANY GODDAMNED IDEA HOW MUCH THIS IS GOING TO FUCKING SHAKE OUR FUCKING SOCIETY TO THE CORE?!? MOTHERFUCK, THIS CHANGES EVERYTHING!!! THERE IS NOW AN ADMITTED HOMOSEXUAL ON A PROFESSIONAL SPORTS TEAM. HOLY FUCKING SHIT!!! I DON'T KNOW HOW... ...ooh, Aintitcool's got the new Fast and Furious trailer!
Yeah, I wish the guy well. But I get the feeling at least some of his future teammates will be uncomfortable having him around the locker room. I don't know how many of you play team sports but it's a bit uncomfortable thinking that some straight guy might be staring at your junk and making comparisons. With a gay guy, you KNOW he's going to stare. And I wouldn't blame them. Hell, if I were a lesbo, I'd join a women's team just so I could stare at titties all day long! Which brings up another point. I hate those neanderthals who parade around the locker room in their birthday suit. Just last year, there was one guy who was brushing his teeth in the sink completely buck naked and his balls were rubbing all over the sink counter. Fucking disgusting and now I don't even feel like washing my hands after I take a piss, lest I accidently come into contact with someone's nut-sweat.
