Let's start with the positive story. Michael Sam, a college football player from the University of Missouri, came out this week as gay. He is expected to be a mid-level pick for the next draft which would make him the first openly gay man in the NFL. Not surprisingly, the result has been mostly positive. Unlike what the rabid right thinks, a vast majority of people living in the 21st century do not care about someone's sexual orientation. If someone is gay so be it. As sexuality is NOT a choice, doesn't that mean God is making a lot of defective equipment then? Just saying.
But of course there are always some who have to be douchebags and in what can only be described as true irony, a lot of them are black conveniently forgetting that not too long ago, people treated them the way they treat gays. If you are black and still want to see what racism still looks like, go to the Irish countryside and see how you get treated. You won't like it. Some of these people will say the word "nigger" right to your face. That's what you are doing to gays.
The worst was Jonathan Vilma of the Saints who questioned showering with him. Does he think himself so irresistible that no man could resist getting sexually attracted to him? He wisely retracted what he said but still represents what a minority of players may be thinking but not saying. Vilma is supposedly going to be released by the Saints due to injury, and may have problems getting a new team to take him. His comments are not helping his career.
Michael Sam on the other hand has done something both very brave and very smart. He has elevated his standing in the draft due to his sexuality which some teams will see as a positive, and even monetary, gain. Attendance, good will and merchandising may increase exponentially for anyone who gets him. Sam will also become a lightning rod for advertisers looking for a gay role model to be their spokesperson, which will probably not be Chick-Fil-A or Papa John's.
On the flip side of this is Gary James, owner of Gary's Chicaros Club in OK, who got more press than he can handle over his dismissal of a guy in a wheelchair from his business. Turns out, ole Gary here is also a bigoted homophobe who sells t-shirts with "no nigger zone" on them as well as denying access to his business anyone who is gay, black, crippled, or even on welfare, as if he'd know. James has defended his practice as businesses can deny service to anyone, not realizing that discrimination is actually illegal against all of the above, except gay who get NO protection in draconian states like Oklahoma. What a dick.
James proudly displays a confederate flag which really should have one with a swastika right next to it. How long will it take morons to realize that flag is offensive to many, many people, regardless of race? You lost a war a hundred and fifty years ago. Get over it.
Here is the really funny part. People pissed at this old white bastard have taken over his Yelp and Facebook page and, instead of writing reviews about how bad the place is or the food, they have instead called it the "greatest gay bar in OK." That's funny. Pictures of James have been photo-shopped next to male dancers as well as a fake Facebook page which promotes it as a gay bar. It would be great if hordes of gay men and women descended on the bar like a plague and refuse to leave.
Idiots like John Stossel, possibly the worst human on all of Fox News as if that's possible, has defended James saying he has the right in a "free market" to deny access to whoever he wants, not realizing that there are discrimination laws that specifically say you can't. He could be shut down because of it. Denny's learned that the hard way after three black secret service agents were denied service, sued and won $54 million in the settlement. Lawsuits against this idiot are not far behind for refusing to serve a guy in a wheelchair. Enjoy bankruptcy moron.
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