Super Bowl Hero Says He'd Tra Champnship To Block Gay Marriage
Contents:
- SUPER BOWL, WORLD SERI CHAMPS BACK GAY MARRIAGE AT URT
- DAVID TYREE ON GAY MARRIAGE: I'D GIVE UP SUPER BOWL TO BLOCK IT
- GAY RIGHTS HAD A BIG MOMENT AT THE SUPER BOWL
- DAVID TYREE COM ACROSS AS SELF-RIGHTEO SUPER BOWL, GAY MARRIAGE COMMENTS
- A SPORTSWRER AND THE ‘GAY SUPER BOWL’
- SEATTLE'S WORST PLAY CALL EVER: AND IT'S ABOUT GAY MARRIAGE, NOT THE SUPER BOWL
SUPER BOWL, WORLD SERI CHAMPS BACK GAY MARRIAGE AT URT
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So are the San Francis reigng baseball and football champns, along wh baseball's small-market Tampa Bay Rays, are among the thoands of bs, relig groups, advocy anizatns and policians who are filg legal briefs at the Supreme Court support of gay s om Kentucky, Michigan, Oh and Tennsee will be argued April 28, and a cisn is expected by early summer.
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DAVID TYREE ON GAY MARRIAGE: I'D GIVE UP SUPER BOWL TO BLOCK IT
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Patrts play Massachetts, the first state to allow same-sex upl to marry, and the Giants reprent a cy that is notable for s gay and lbian print Brian Auld said was important that his team stand up, as well.
"We're a small but visible bs and I actually thk 's important that we send this signal of cln to the entire regn, " Auld said a telephone terview Thursday as he watched the Rays' first sprg trag game Port Charlotte, team also has participated the "It Gets Better" project to enurage gay and lbian teenagers who've been bullied.
GAY RIGHTS HAD A BIG MOMENT AT THE SUPER BOWL
The battle over gay rights beme a surprisg subplot durg Super Bowl week. A sportswrer, Chuck Culpepper, reflected on the issue a personal way. * super bowl gay marriage *
"I don't thk nstutnal rights are subject to public opn, " Cranley upl om California and Virgia who had wanted the urt to e their s to settle the issue of same-sex marriage natnwi also are llg on the jtic to strike down state gay-marriage bans everywhere. Former New York Giants receiver and Super Bowl XLII hero David Tyree recently said he that he would tra his champnship moment and his team's tle to stop gay marriage.
"When asked if he would tra the Super Bowl to block gay marriage, Tyree said he "probably would. "Last week, Tyree said gay marriage uld lead to "anarchy.
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DAVID TYREE COM ACROSS AS SELF-RIGHTEO SUPER BOWL, GAY MARRIAGE COMMENTS
The Super Bowl's pro-gay marriage moment was rehg and unexpected, and illtrated jt how much public sentiment on the issue has changed over the last several a sense, wasn't too surprisg. Super Bowl 50 was hosted San Francis — though the actual game took place nearby Santa Clara — and San Francis has long been a both an epicenter for gay rights and a very LGBTQ-iendly cy general.
Harvey Milk's 1977 electn to the San Francis Board of Supervisors was a watershed event gay history, and 2003, then-mayor Gav Newsom unilaterally orred gay marriag to be performed the cy over a before the Supreme Court legalized marriage equaly worldwi. Even five years ago, wouldn't have been nceivably for the Super Bowl to exprs an unabashedly pro-gay msage durg the halftime was an important symbolic moment, and given the NFL's reputatn for rampant homophobia, a very wele spe of all of that progrs, you wouldn't believe some of the sexist ments female football fans experience. One thg to note, se you’re thkg NFL players are big homophobic jocks, by 2013 we had intified 62 players who were ol wh .
Earlier this year we intified 61 current NFL players, 13 owners and 9 head ach support gay and bi athlet. New England Patrts signed pro-marriage-equaly amic briefThe Patrts, led by owner Robert Kraft, were the only NFL team to sign an amic brief supportg the ultimate cisn by SCOTUS to legalize gay marriage.
A SPORTSWRER AND THE ‘GAY SUPER BOWL’
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When Missouri Tigers DE Michael Sam me out publicly as gay, his NFL future was put to qutn. People across the NFL share public support for Michael Sam g outMany people across the NFL, cludg current and former players, shared msag of support Michael Sam when he me out publicly as gay.
SEATTLE'S WORST PLAY CALL EVER: AND IT'S ABOUT GAY MARRIAGE, NOT THE SUPER BOWL
Louis Rams drafted Michael SamWhen the Rams drafted Sam 2014, cleared another hurdle for gay athlet lookg to play openly the league. Michael Irv appeared on Out magaze ver and talks about his gay brotherHall of Fame Cowboys wi receiver Irv didn’t shy away om his opportuny on the ver of gay magaze ‘Out’ when he and I talked about dog an article about him and his support for his gay brother, Vghn, 2011. Commissner Roger Gooll has been open about havg a gay brotherHavg gay fay members is a powerful tool shapg how people view LGBT people, and Gooll has spoken repeatedly about his gay brother, Michael.