Jason Colls: ESPN Apologiz for Chris Brosard’s Anti-Gay Comments – The Hollywood Reporter

Contents:

• ESPN'S CHRIS BROSARD SAYS BEG GAY IS "AN OPEN REBELLN TO GOD"
• CHRIS BROSARD, ESPN REPORTER, CALLS BEG GAY AN 'OPEN REBELLN TO GOD' (VIDEO)
• ESPN RPONDS TO CHRIS BROSARD'S ON-AIR ANTI-GAY COMMENTS
• CHRIS BROSARD WIFE, DIVORCE, GAY, PARENTS, SALARY AND NET WORTH
• ESPN RPONDS TO CHRIS BROSARD’S ON-AIR ANTI-GAY COMMENTS
• CHRIS BROSARD, ESPN REPORTER, THKS JASON COLLS, GAYS, CAN BE 'SAVED' IF THEY 'ASK GOD FOR FIVENS' (AUDIO)
• GROUP WON'T VERIFY CLAIM THAT OVER 20,000 CHRISTIANS WANT ESPN TO SPEND CHRIS BROSARD FOR 'GAY BASHG'
• ESPN KNEW EXACTLY WHAT IT WAS DOG WHEN ONE OF ITS REPORTERS CALLED BEG GAY AN 'OPEN REBELLN TO GOD'
• BUBBA WATSON RPECTS JASON COLLS BUT BELIEV 'BEG GAY IS S'
• RUDY GAY TO KGS 7-PLAYER AL
• IF COLLS IS GAY, HE N’T BE A CHRISTIAN, SAYS ESPN’S CHRIS BROSARD

ESPN'S CHRIS BROSARD SAYS BEG GAY IS "AN OPEN REBELLN TO GOD"

ESPN pro basketball analyst Chris Brosard generated his own ntroversy wh ments on live televisn Monday that equated homosexualy to s. Team sports to reveal himself as gay. “If you’re openly livg unrepentant s, whatever may be, not jt homosexualy, (but) adultery, fornitn, premaral sex between heterosexuals … I believe that’s walkg open rebelln to God and to J Christ, ” Brosard said.

CHRIS BROSARD, ESPN REPORTER, CALLS BEG GAY AN 'OPEN REBELLN TO GOD' (VIDEO)

OTL booked Chris Brosard to have a discsn wh openly gay rrponnt LZ Granrson, and rapidly volved to a talk about whether or not gay sex is sful. Jason Colls' cisn to e out, makg him the first active openly gay athlete any major U.

" Durg this extend edn of "OTL, " Brosard scribed homosexualy as an "open rebelln to God" and explaed why he do not nsir Colls to be a Christian. "Personally, I don’t believe that you n live an openly homosexual liftyle or an openly...

ESPN RPONDS TO CHRIS BROSARD'S ON-AIR ANTI-GAY COMMENTS

' It says that, you know, that’s a s, " Brosard said durg a segment that also clud gay ESPN lumnist LZ Granrson.

"And if you’re openly livg unrepentant s, whatever may be, not jt homosexualy -- adultery, fornitn, premaral sex between heterosexuals -- whatever may be, I believe that’s walkg open rebelln to God and to J Christ. ”Relatedchris brosardJason Colls gay athletESPNVioBefore You GoPopular the CommunyYou May Like.

ESPN Print John Skipper had been somewhat silent the aftermath of Chris Brosard’s ments on gay NBA player Jason Colls.

CHRIS BROSARD WIFE, DIVORCE, GAY, PARENTS, SALARY AND NET WORTH

In se you fot, Colls ma ternatnal headl after g out of the closet, and Brosard went on ESPN and said beg gay is “walkg open rebelln to God and to J Christ.

ESPN RPONDS TO CHRIS BROSARD’S ON-AIR ANTI-GAY COMMENTS

Maybe ’s bee he attacked a gay person on natnal TV for beg gay, rather than for beg black (or not black enough).

CHRIS BROSARD, ESPN REPORTER, THKS JASON COLLS, GAYS, CAN BE 'SAVED' IF THEY 'ASK GOD FOR FIVENS' (AUDIO)

ESPN did the right thg distancg themselv om Brosard’s anti-gay ments. Would be ok for him to attack new WNBA star Brtney Grer while llg her highlights next year, simply bee she is gay? ESPN’s Chris Brosard is gettg flack onle after he lled homosexualy a “s” durg a Monday episo of Outsi the L.

In a special one-hour episo verg the immediate impact of Washgton Wizards center Jason Colls‘ g out as a gay man on the ver of Sports Illtrated, Brosard briefly started discsg his personal beliefs about homosexualy. “If you’re openly livg that type of liftyle, the Bible says you know them by their us, says that that’s a s, ” said Brosard, parg homosexualy to any other sex outsi of marriage.

GROUP WON'T VERIFY CLAIM THAT OVER 20,000 CHRISTIANS WANT ESPN TO SPEND CHRIS BROSARD FOR 'GAY BASHG'

Brosard was on Outsi the L to discs the potential ramifitns of an openly gay player the NBA, and he noted that there were others who felt the way he did who might have rervatns about discsg them openly.

“As a Christian, I don’t agree wh homosexualy.

The 44-year-old ESPN Magaze lumnist, who prevly wrote that the NBA was “ready” for an openly gay player, has appeared on the work sce 2004. “I’ve had some players say that they would be unfortable wh a gay player the locker room … but no one is gog to necsarily e out and say anythg. … If he don’t get signed next year, probably won’t be bee he me out as gay.

ESPN KNEW EXACTLY WHAT IT WAS DOG WHEN ONE OF ITS REPORTERS CALLED BEG GAY AN 'OPEN REBELLN TO GOD'

The Center for Amerin Progrs has drawn attentn to the fact that Brosard’s 2009 article on the NBA beg ready to wele openly gay players also noted him beg personally unfortable wh the ia of sharg a locker room wh a gay man. Is Chris Brosard Gay? Brosard is straight as far as sexual orientatn is ncerned and is neher gay nor bisexual.

Chris Brosard, the ESPN analyst who spoke out agast NBA player Jason Colls claims of beg homosexual and Christian lled the popular rad show "The Breakfast Club" to fend himself agast claims of 's Chris Brosard | (Photo: Screen Grab via ESPN)Brosard, 44, was named "Donkey of The Day" by "The Breakfast Club" rad host Charlamagne Tuday. The syndited New York Cy rad show host qutned how a Christian man uld be so judgemental of Colls' admtance to homosexualy after the analyst spoke out about unrepentant s on ESPN. Charlamagne and his -hosts Angela Yee and DJ Envy qutned Brosard about his stance, wh the first askg why the analyst do not like homosexuals.

BUBBA WATSON RPECTS JASON COLLS BUT BELIEV 'BEG GAY IS S'

"I'm fe wh homosexuals I have no problem wh homosexuals. LZ Granrson (a homosexual ESPN mentator) we've been iends for years. "Brosard went on to reference scriptur om The Holy Bible like 1 Corthians 6:9 and Romans 1 for his stance about homosexualy.

RUDY GAY TO KGS 7-PLAYER AL

However, the rad hosts qutned how those scriptur apply to those who were born homosexual, to which Brosard had a rponse. "Brosard's discsn on the natnally syndited rad show stemmed om his appearance on ESPN's "Outsi the L, " where he spoke out agast Washgton Wizards Center Jason Colls claimg to be both Christian and homosexual. "Personally I don't believe that you n live an openly homosexual liftyle or an openly premaral sex between heterosexuals.

"If you're openly livg unrepentant s, whatever may be, not jt homosexualy, adultery, fornitn, premaral sex between heterosexuals, whatever may be. ESPN has offered a tepid apology rponse to NBA reporter Chris Brosard’s on-air ments llg homosexualy a s rponse to Jason Colls’ g out. Hollywood's Bt Basketball MoviBrosard ught flack after Monday's special one-hour episo of Outsi the L, when he discsed his personal beliefs relatn to homosexualy.

IF COLLS IS GAY, HE N’T BE A CHRISTIAN, SAYS ESPN’S CHRIS BROSARD

"If you're openly livg that type of liftyle, the Bible says you know them by their us, says that that's a s, " said Brosard, parg homosexualy to any other sex outsi of marriage. "Brosard was on Outsi the L to discs the potential ramifitns of an openly gay player the NBA, and he noted that there were others who felt the way he did who might have rervatns about discsg them openly. Colls ma headl on Monday, beg the first openly gay profsnal athlete the NBA by penng a first person feature for Sports Illtrated.

Homosexuals Are 'Walkg Open Rebelln to God and J Christ, ' Says BrosardChris Brosard should be spend om ESPN, acrdg to over 20, 000 Amerins who signed a petn helmed by a relig anizatn. Brosard, the 44-year-old ESPN analyst, recently sparked a bate when he spoke out agast the NBA's first active player to adm that he was a homosexual, Jason Colls.