Adrian Peterson reerated Monday that havg an openly gay teammate wouldn't be a problem for him and said he didn't feel the need to apologize for his ments last month that he's "not wh" gay marriage bee he was voicg his "personal opn."
Contents:
- NFL MVP ADRIAN PETERSON ON GAY MARRIAGE: 'I'M NOT WH THAT'
- ADRIAN PETERSON AGAST GAY MARRIAGE
- NFL MVP ADRIAN PETERSON ON GAY MARRIAGE: 'I'M NOT WH THAT'
- ADRIAN PETERSON SPEAKS ON GAY MARRIAGE AS FIRST OPENLY GAY ATHLETE PET
- ADRIAN PETERSON ON GAY MARRIAGE: 'I'M NOT WH IT'
- GAY ATHLET: THE RROSIVE IMPACT OF ADRIAN PETERSON’S REMARKS
- ADRIAN PETERSON: VIKGS STAR NO FAN OF GAY MARRIAGE
- ADRIAN PETERSON ‘NOT WH’ GAY MARRIAGE DPE HAVG GAY RELATIV (AUD)
- ADRIAN PETERSON: A GAY TEAMMATE 'WOULDN'T BOTHER ME THAT MUCH'
- ADRIAN PETERSON OK WH GAY PLAYER
- ADRIAN PETERSON SAYS HE’S ‘NOT WH’ GAY MARRIAGE
- ADRIAN PETERSON SAYS HE'S 'NOT WH' GAY MARRIAGE
- GAY ATHLET: THE RROSIVE IMPACT OF ADRIAN PETERSON’S REMARKS
NFL MVP ADRIAN PETERSON ON GAY MARRIAGE: 'I'M NOT WH THAT'
Mnota Vikgs nng back Adrian Peterson is agast gay marriage. 'That's not somethg I believe ,' Peterson recently said when asked about on Siri/XM NFL rad. * adrian peterson gay *
Kluwe is an outspoken supporter of gay marriage.
Reigng NFL MVP Adrian Peterson weighed on the hot topic of gay marriage durg a rad terview on Sunday, and his opn on the subject is the oppose of Kluwe's. "I have relativ who are gay, " Peterson said on Siri/XM NFL rad, via NESN. The topic of gay marriage -- which will bee legal Mnota on Aug.
ADRIAN PETERSON AGAST GAY MARRIAGE
NFL MVP Adrian Peterson says he has fay members who are gay whom he lov and rpects. But on gay marriage, the Mnota Vikgs nng back says "that's not somethg I believe ." * adrian peterson gay *
1 -- me up when Peterson was asked about Kluwe and if he thought Kluwe was released bee of his outspoken opns on ntroversial topics like gay marriage. Peterson and Kluwe may have different opns on gay marriage, but Peterson still nsirs the former Vikgs punter a iend. Ward don't thk the NFL is ready for a gay player, Wallace don't get why "guys wanna ms wh other guys" and both Clemons and Samuel believe that sexualy should be left at home.
NFL MVP ADRIAN PETERSON ON GAY MARRIAGE: 'I'M NOT WH THAT'
Adrian Peterson mented on gay marriage the same day that Robbie Rogers beme the first openly gay man US pro sport. Peterson said that he is 'not biased' but still won't accept gay marriage. * adrian peterson gay *
Amerin pro sports had slowly been chg towards havg an active gay player and that fally happened on Sunday when Robbie Rogers buted wh the MLS' Los Angel Galaxy. News servicMay 27, 2013, 12:40 PM ETNFL MVP Adrian Peterson says he has fay members who are gay whom he lov and rpects. But on gay marriage, the Mnota Vikgs nng back says "that's not somethg I believe .
He was asked his thoughts on the Vikgs cuttg longtime punter Chris Kluwe, an outspoken advote for gay rights and gay marriage.
ADRIAN PETERSON SPEAKS ON GAY MARRIAGE AS FIRST OPENLY GAY ATHLETE PET
The Vikgs nng back says, "I’m not wh . But I have relativ that are gay. I’m not biased towards them. I still treat them the same. I love 'em." * adrian peterson gay *
Peterson says he nsirs Kluwe a good iend but he differs wh the punter on the subject for gay marriage. "I have relativ who are gay.
"Gay marriage will bee legal Mnota on Aug. Adrian Peterson mented on gay marriage the same day that Robbie Rogers beme the first openly gay man US pro sport. Peterson said that he is 'not biased' but still won't accept gay marriage.
Robbie Rogers, seen here a 2009 game between the US team and Slovakia, on Sunday beme the first openly gay athlete to pete a major sports league. Earlier that day, Adrien Peterson of the Mnota Vikgs said that while he lov his gay iends and fay members, he don't support gay marriage.
ADRIAN PETERSON ON GAY MARRIAGE: 'I'M NOT WH IT'
Gay athlet: The rrosive impact of Adrian Peterson's remarks * adrian peterson gay *
Robbie Rogers beme the first openly gay man to play a U. Profsnal league when he ma his but wh Los Angel Galaxy Major League Soccer on Sunday, jt hours after Mnota Vikgs star Adrian Peterson spoke out about gay marriage. Peterson told Siri/XN NFL Rad that spe havg gay fay members, he don't support gay marriage: “To each his own, ” Peterson said.
But I have relativ that are gay.
"I gus this is a historic thg, but for me was jt a soccer game, " Rogers began gettg the bt of Rogers the hours before he left home for the stadium, not bee he was anx about beg the first openly gay player but bee he was sty after time out of the lled his sister for reassurance. But he do not thk Kluwe was cut for his gay rights activism and will miss him, even if he disagre wh him on the issue. The gay ments e at the 13-mute mark):.
GAY ATHLET: THE RROSIVE IMPACT OF ADRIAN PETERSON’S REMARKS
A week after voicg his opposn to gay marriage, Vikgs nng back Adrian Peterson said he'd be OK havg a gay teammate. * adrian peterson gay *
"You say he me out for gay marriage?
ADRIAN PETERSON: VIKGS STAR NO FAN OF GAY MARRIAGE
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The odst part of the terview is that Peterson seems surprised Kluwe had a posn on gay marriage (he replied the form of a qutn wh a lgh at the end).
Given how proment the gay marriage bate was Mnota last fall and how much attentn Kluwe got on the issue, 's hard to believe that Peterson was unaware. I asked Brad Michael of Mnotans for Equaly, which succsfully feated an anti-gay marriage amendment last year, for ment on Peterson:.
ADRIAN PETERSON ‘NOT WH’ GAY MARRIAGE DPE HAVG GAY RELATIV (AUD)
MINNEAPOLIS (AP) — NFL MVP Adrian Peterson says he has fay members who are gay whom he lov and rpects. But on gay marriage, the Mnota Vikgs nng back says "that's not somethg I believe ." Peterson ma his ments a recent terview wh Siri/XM NFL rad. He was asked his thoughts on the Vikgs cuttg longtime punter Chris Kluwe, an outspoken advote for gay rights and gay marriage. Peterson says he nsirs Kluwe a good iend. He says: "I have relativ who are gay. I'm not biased towards them. I still treat them the same. I love 'em. But aga, I'm not wh that. That's not somethg I believe . But to each his own." Gay marriage will bee legal Mnota on Aug. 1. * adrian peterson gay *
"The thg I take away om AP's ments are that he says he has gay relativ and that he lov them and treats them the same. Not everyone is gog to agree 100% but the fact that he knows gay people and still lov and treats them the same is a posive step.
Kiddg, but what Peterson says echo what other relig athlet are sayg recently about gays.
Is this a sign of acceptance and a change attus, or jt homophobia disguised a nicer face?
ADRIAN PETERSON: A GAY TEAMMATE 'WOULDN'T BOTHER ME THAT MUCH'
NFL MVP Adrian Peterson says he has fay members who are gay whom he lov and rpects. But on gay marriage, the Mnota Vikgs nng back says "that's not somethg I believe ." * adrian peterson gay *
It’s 2013, and fally the public is begng to acknowledge that, believe or not, there are gay athlet who, believe or not, pete major profsnal that’s a great NBA center Jason Colls ma headl last month as the first male athlete to e out a major profsnal sport, seemed that everyone om LeBron Jam to Barack Obama wanted to offer the Washgton Wizards player words of admiratn. But even the support of Lil Wayne and Bill Clton nnot hi an important realy -- om llegiate to profsnal play, gay athlet still face an uphill OP-ED: Fightg for gay marriage and immigratn reformDurg an terview on Siri/XM NFL Rad on Sunday, Mnota Vikgs star nng back Adrian Peterson said that spe his love for gay relativ, he do not believe same-sex marriage. Galaxy’s Robbie Rogers ma headl his own right as the first openly gay male athlete to participate a major profsnal U.
ADRIAN PETERSON OK WH GAY PLAYER
I’m not wh , ” Peterson said when asked about Vikgs punter Chris Kluwe, a gay rights advote who was recently released om the team.
“I have relativ who are gay. Peterson’s ments are hardly close to the nastit thg a profsnal athlete or ach has said about the gay muny.
ADRIAN PETERSON SAYS HE’S ‘NOT WH’ GAY MARRIAGE
After all, he’s no Mike Rice, the oted Rutgers basketball ach who shouted homophobic slurs at his players. TIMELINE: Gay marriage chronologyStill, if Peterson r about the gay relativ (and prumably his fellow profsnal athlet too) whom he purports to love and rpect, he might want to thk twice the next time he opens his a story I reported this year about gay athlet at USC, experts and players agreed -- almost whout exceptn -- on one thg: straight athlet and ach n play a tremendo role fg the environment for gay teammat. Straight players and ach who exprsly state their acceptance of a gay teammate or the possibily of one create a more fortable environment, one that gay athlet said n even lead to improved performanc.
And although g out agast gay marriage is different om screamg a homophobic ephet, still n have a chillg effect on the environment of a the NFL’s Most Valuable Player and Offensive Player of the Year 2012, Peterson stands on a larger soapbox than many other athlet do. His ments serve as a remr that, even though gay athlet have received much recent prs and praise, what straight players say matters too and -- sometim, perhaps even the hookup cultureFairly fundg California’s schoolsWhat matters now about marriageTwter: A cure for the mon opn Get thought-provokg perspectiv wh our weekly newsletter.
ADRIAN PETERSON SAYS HE'S 'NOT WH' GAY MARRIAGE
Wh Chris Kluwe's parture to Oakland, seems like eons sce any of the Mnota Vikgs have weighed wh their views on the hot button issue of gay marriage.
GAY ATHLET: THE RROSIVE IMPACT OF ADRIAN PETERSON’S REMARKS
The star nng back was asked by hosts Bce Murray and Amani Toomer whether he thought the Vikgs cut their longtime punter bee of his vol support of gay marriage. "But I have relativ that, you know, are gay. Sunday night marked a tone for gay rights, as Robbie Rogers ma his but wh the L.