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MICHAEL SAM'S BIG GAY KISS WILL NEVER BE FOTTEN. THAT WAS THE WHOLE POT
Not everyone was as happy as Michael Sam when, after he was drafted by St. Louis Rams to bee the first openly gay player NFL history, the 6'1\" fensive end leaned to tearfully kiss his boyiend, Vo Cammisano. The pair’s powerful, emotnal kiss were ptured on Saturday by ESPN’s meras and also marked the first time an NFL draft pick was shown exprsg affectn toward a same-sex partner on natnal televisn. Two athlet who are gay, who love each other, showg that emotn, is not somethg you see every day,” said Glenn Wman, founr of the anti-homophobia sports anizatn You Can Play Project. Former Giants nng back and Super Bowl champn Derrick Ward tweeted his disapproval of the kiss several tim, first clarg: * michael sam gay kiss *
Louis Rams to bee the first openly gay player NFL history, the 6'1" fensive end leaned to tearfully kiss his boyiend, Vo Cammisano. That spurred immediate outbursts of homophobia across social media. Two athlet who are gay, who love each other, showg that emotn, is not somethg you see every day, ” said Glenn Wman, founr of the anti-homophobia sports anizatn You Can Play Project.
Jon subsequently leted the tweets, ma his Twter acunt private, and issued a public apology to Sam, llg his biased ments about the gay player “appropriate.
The fensive end, poised to be the league's first openly gay player, celebrated after beg picked up by the St. Louis Rams. * michael sam gay kiss *
”Wman, who grew up as a gay athlete the closet and me out at 28, noted that the kiss were “a ltle shockg, probably, for the hetero muny. ” But siar moments will bee normal and more accepted wh time, he said, and at some pot, showg Amerins a gay male NFL draftee kissg another man will be ak to showg a straight athlete kissg his girliend. ’ ”Related stori on TakePart:• Michael Sam Be the First Openly Gay Athlete Drafted by the NFL• Pro-Basketball Go Pro-Gay as Jason Colls Jos the Brooklyn Nets• 12 Pro-Gay Pro Athlet: The Tolerant DozenOrigal article om TakePart.
When Michael Sam beme the first openly gay football player drafted to the NFL 2014, he celebrated wh a “kiss heard round the world” that was natnally televised on draft night. Michael Sam has ma history by beg the first openly gay player to be drafted by an NFL team. VIDEO: Gay NFL Draft Prospect Michael Sam Received Msag From Closeted Pro Athlet.
Stars quickly took to Twter to ngratulate Sam, who announced he was gay Febary.
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Now I kda thk ONLY gay people should be allowed to get married.