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Contents:

• IS CHRIS KLUWE GAY? FORMER VIKGS PUNTER ALLEG IN LETTER HE WAS FIRED FOR BEG SAME-SEX MARRIAGE ADVOTE
• WE’RE ALL VIKGS FANS TODAY: CHRIS KLUWE KICKS EMMETT BURNS’S GAY MARRIAGE BIGOTRI
• "THEY WON'T MAGILLY TURN YOU INTO A LTFUL COCKMONSTER": CHRIS KLUWE EXPLAS GAY MARRIAGE TO THE POLICIAN WHO IS OFFEND BY AN NFL PLAYER SUPPORTG IT
• KLUWE: RISK BEG OPENLY GAY NFL
• CHRIS KLUWE'S RELEASE BY VIKGS SENDS MSAGE THAT GAY-MARRIAGE TALK IS NOT TOLERABLE NFL
• DID THE VIKGS CUT CHRIS KLUWE FOR HIS GAY-RIGHTS ACTIVISM?
• CHRIS KLUWE: MY SPECIAL TEAMS ACH WAS A HOMOPHOBE WHO WANTED TO 'NE' ALL GAY PEOPLE
• CHRIS KLUWE, PUNTER AND OUTSPOKEN GAY RIGHTS ADVOTE, SAYS HE SIGNED WH OAKLAND RAIRS
• PRO GAY-RIGHTS FORMER NFL PLAYER SUG VIKGS TO RELEASE DISMISSAL REPORT

IS CHRIS KLUWE GAY? FORMER VIKGS PUNTER ALLEG IN LETTER HE WAS FIRED FOR BEG SAME-SEX MARRIAGE ADVOTE

The former player, 32, alleged he was a victim of homophobic remarks by Vikgs special-teams ordator Mike Inter has th been sent to a tailsp, wonrg if the Kluwe is gay. But although he's an advote for same-sex marriage, Kluwe isn't gay, acrdg to the New York Daily Deadsp's Thursday article, tled “I Was An NFL Player Until I Was Fired By Two Cowards And A Bigot, ” the former Vikg stat that he n't be sure if he was outright released due to his activism, but that he is “pretty nfint was” the ntued: "The NFL has bee such a rporate mdset. Today, April 30, 2013, I am wrg an acunt of events that transpired durg my time wh the Mnota Vikgs durg the 2012 NFL season and leadg to the 2013 season (so I don't fet them se is necsary to rell what happened) the summer of 2012, I was approached by a group lled Mnotans for Marriage Equaly, which asked if I would be terted helpg feat what was known as the Mnota Gay Marriage Amendment.

WE’RE ALL VIKGS FANS TODAY: CHRIS KLUWE KICKS EMMETT BURNS’S GAY MARRIAGE BIGOTRI

Throughout the months of September, October, and November, Mnota Vikgs special-teams ordator Mike Priefer would e homophobic language my prence. He would ask me if I had wrten any letters fendg "the gays" recently and nounce as disgtg the ia that two men would kiss, and he would nstantly beltle or mean any ia of acceptance or tolerance.

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"THEY WON'T MAGILLY TURN YOU INTO A LTFUL COCKMONSTER": CHRIS KLUWE EXPLAS GAY MARRIAGE TO THE POLICIAN WHO IS OFFEND BY AN NFL PLAYER SUPPORTG IT

: Vikgs say they'll vtigate | Mike Priefer rpondsSee also: "They Won't Magilly Turn You Into A Ltful Cockmonster": Chris Kluwe Explas Gay Marriage To A Polician Chris Kluwe spent eight years as the Vikgs punter. Burns was upset that Brendon Ayanbajo, a lebacker wh the Ravens, voiced his support for gay marriage. 6 ballot that would eher prerve a 2012 law legalizg gay marriage or repeal .

KLUWE: RISK BEG OPENLY GAY NFL

He uld have taken Ayanbajo head on if he wanted to, bated him (prumably wh evince) over whether children n be stable hom if those hom are led by gays or lbians.

Burns uld have even ed the power of his office to attack Ayanbajo randomly and baselsly, as opponents of gay marriage ually do (bee beyond their reliance on the fanci and cherry-picked bigotri of Scriptur, they have not one wh of evince they uld prent agast the soundns of gay marriage). One wonrs if Burns would have been as outraged had Ayanbajo spoken up, say, for the Holot Mm (let’s not fet the Nazis’ extermatn of gays) or for the new Mart Luther Kg memorial D.

There are notable exceptns, whether support of unns or gay and lbian teens. How do gay marriage, any way shape or form, affect your life? If gay marriage be legal, are you worried that all of a sudn you’ll start thkg about penis?

CHRIS KLUWE'S RELEASE BY VIKGS SENDS MSAGE THAT GAY-MARRIAGE TALK IS NOT TOLERABLE NFL

Gay marriage jt passed. ” Will all of your iends sudnly turn gay and refe to e to your Sunday Ticket grill-outs?

(Unlikely, sce gay people enjoy watchg football too. I n assure you that gay people gettg married will have zero effect on your life.

DID THE VIKGS CUT CHRIS KLUWE FOR HIS GAY-RIGHTS ACTIVISM?

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Over the past uple of years, the former punter has bee known for his gay-rights activism, and an article published Thursday on the webse Deadsp he claimed he was fired by “Two Cowards And a Bigot” for his stance and not entirely for his performance on the field. Kluwe: An openly gay player the NFL is not a distractn. Opn: Pro sports, still homophobic 2014.

CHRIS KLUWE: MY SPECIAL TEAMS ACH WAS A HOMOPHOBE WHO WANTED TO 'NE' ALL GAY PEOPLE

Baltimore Ravens lebacker Brendon Ayanbajo has spoken out favor of a Maryland ballot iative that would legalize gay marriage. If gay marriage be legal, are you worried that all of a sudn you'll start thkg about penis? " Will all of your iends sudnly turn gay and refe to e to your Sunday Ticket grill-outs?

)I n assure you that gay people gettg married will have zero effect on your life. I've also been vol as hell about the issue of gay marriage so you n take your "I know of no other NFL player who has done what Mr. Follow him on Twter, ALSO: Here's Chris Kluwe Explag Why He Wrote Today's Rponse To An Anti-Gay Marriage Polician Thanks To Chris Kluwe, Gay-Bag Maryland Legislator Decis NFL Players Have A Right To Say What They Thk After All.

CHRIS KLUWE, PUNTER AND OUTSPOKEN GAY RIGHTS ADVOTE, SAYS HE SIGNED WH OAKLAND RAIRS

Tw Ci native and Universy of Mnota graduateMINNEAPOLIS -- Former Mnota Vikgs punter Chris Kluwe alleged a Deadsp story that he was released before the season as a rult of beg outspoken support of same-sex marriage and was a victim of homophobic remarks by Vikgs special teams ordator Mike Priefer. "Acrdg to Kluwe's piece, which was posted Thursday and tled "I was an NFL player until I was fired by two wards and a bigot, " Priefer cricized the punter throughout the 2012 season for his support of same-sex marriage, allegedly sayg a November team meetg that "we should round up all the gays, send them to an island and ne until glows. "I personally have gay fay members who I love and support jt as I do any fay member....

Kluwe: Risk beg openly gay NFL. Mnota Vikgs punter Chris Kluwe talks to Anrson Cooper about same-sex marriage and openly gay players the NFL.

PRO GAY-RIGHTS FORMER NFL PLAYER SUG VIKGS TO RELEASE DISMISSAL REPORT

In the past year, Kluwe's activism has gone om plats about labor issu to the third rail to sports executiv: gay rights.

Two football players have spoken loud for gay rights issu the last several months, specifilly gay marriage: Kluwe and Brendon Ayanbajo. The reactn to the gay-marriage issue always seemed strange to him. Football players aren't stg locker rooms worryg who among them might be gay.