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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. 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.

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

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...

' 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. 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). ESPN did the right thg distancg themselv om Brosard’s anti-gay ments.

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

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.

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.

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

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.

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

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.

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

"I'm fe wh homosexuals I have no problem wh homosexuals. LZ Granrson (a homosexual ESPN mentator) we've been iends for years.

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

"Brosard went on to reference scriptur om The Holy Bible like 1 Corthians 6:9 and Romans 1 for his stance about homosexualy. 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.

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

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 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.

RUDY GAY TO KGS 7-PLAYER AL

While Colls, 34, spoke about beg gay and Christian Sports Illtrated magaze recently and follow-up terviews, Brosard appeared on ESPN's "Outsi The L" to say the NBA player claimg to be Christian was glorifyg a liftyle that ntradicted biblil teachgs. The muny is llg for ESPN to spend Brosard and created a petn lled "Tell ESPN: Don't Use The Bible to Gay Bash Athlet" which over 22, 000 people signed on "When Jason Colls beme the first openly gay player the NBA, he emphasized the importance of his Christian fah acceptg himself and cidg to e out, " the petn stat.

"Chris Brosard's hateful attack on Jason Colls for beg gay was an unacceptable misreprentatn of the Christian fah. ESPN mt immediately spend Chris Brosard and guarantee that their work will never aga be ed for gay bashg.

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

"Our members are appalled that ESPN would allow one of their sportssters to mischaracterize our fah and e the teachgs of J as the basis for gay bashg, " Sherrard told CP. However, Brosard has sisted that he is not bashg homosexuals. In his statement, Brosard poted out ss ma by both homosexuals and heterosexuals promotg sexual immoraly.

"Personally I don't believe that you n live an openly homosexual liftyle or (have) openly premaral sex between heterosexuals. Some years ago there was a mored about gay and people also lled him as a gay man, but now to see his characters' and behavr and as well as his fay, we nclud that the man isn’t a gay, he is fully straight male.

When news that Washgton Wizards center Jason Colls had e out of the closet h late Monday morng, the work appeared to be makg up for s clumsy attempts to ignore the huge story ially by brgg Sports Illtrated scribe Franz Lidz (who helped Colls wh his masterful lumn SI) and wrer Kev Arnovz for a reasoned, cheery take on Colls’ Lidz, and before we uld get to Arnovz, we had to s through ESPN reporter Chris Brosard as he re-stated his dismissive take on homosexualy. Years ago Brosard referred to homosexualy as a s; but the former New York Tim NBA beat wrer uldn’t possibly keep that le of thkg up – on rerd no ls – 2013, right?