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49ers gay scandal

The San Francis QB’s experienc wh the group helped him grow, yet FCA is an anti-gay anizatn.

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THE SAN FRANCIS 49ERS STILL HAVE A BIG GAY PROBLEM

As the ntroversy over their teammate's offensive ments about gay players the locker room still brews, two members of the Super Bowl-bound San Francis 49ers are stirrg the pot by nyg they ever participated a gay-rights vio — or that was ever a gay-rights vio at all. ... * 49ers gay scandal *

As the ntroversy over their teammate's offensive ments about gay players the locker room still brews, two members of the Super Bowl-bound San Francis 49ers are stirrg the pot by nyg they ever participated a gay-rights vio — or that was ever a gay-rights vio at all.

THE SAN FRANCIS 49ERS STILL HAVE A BIG GAY PROBLEM

* 49ers gay scandal *

RELATED: San Francis Giants Back the 'It Gets Better' CampaignSavage, the outspoken wrer and gay-rights advote, is not too happy:The reason Savage pulled the PSA — which Augt beme the first the seri om an NFL team — stems om Brooks and Sopoaga's reactns to the anti-gay ments this week om Culliver, which had actually led to some posive dialogue until Thursday, when USA Today asked them how to how they felt about appearg the gay-rights vio light of the Culliver sndal. To which the two nied ever takg part a gay-rights vio:RELATED: Bachmann Can't Outn Her Anti-'Sexual Anarchy' Past"I didn't make any vio, " Brooks said.

"This is Ameri and if someone wants to be gay, they n be gay. It was an anti-bullyg vio, not a gay (rights) vio, " he team's non-nial nial didn't stop there, as USA Today's Kev Manahan reports:RELATED: 'Don't Ask Don't Tell' Is Formally RepealedSopoaga, too, nied makg the vio, even while teammate Will Tuafu, who overheard the qutn, tried to reh his memory.

49ERS DENOUNCE ANTI-GAY COMMENTS MA BY ONE OF THEIR PLAYERS

As the ntroversy over their teammate&#39;s offensive ments about gay players the locker room still brews, two members of the Super Bowl-bound San Francis 49ers are stirrg the pot by nyg they ever participated a gay-rights vio &mdash; or that was ever a gay-rights vio at all. * 49ers gay scandal *

"As you n see, both Brooks and Sopoaga do, fact, appear the now leted "It Gets Better" vio:RELATED: North Carola Pastor: Trap Gays and Lbians Behd Electrified FencRELATED: Officials Still Don't Know Who Shot a Teenage Lbian Couple TexasBrooks is sort of right, that the "It Gets Better" project is part about anti-bullyg. When Trey Lance selected the Fellowship of Christian Athlet as the anizatn he’ll highlight for the NFL’s My Cse My Cleats mpaign this week, he says he didn’t know he was supportg a group that advanc homophobia and difi anti-gay bigotry s polici. To be sure, no one n make the claim Lance is personally homophobic simply bee he supports an anizatn that meant so much to him as a kid.

He told Outsports through a team spokperson that he had no ia FCA advanc anti-gay polici, as he don’t remember hearg any homophobia — or any nversatn agast same-sex marriage — and around the anizatn while he was an active member as a youth.

17 GAY SEX SNDALS THAT ROCKED AMERIN POLICS

The San Francis 49ers say they have addrsed anti-gay remarks ma by rnerback Chris Culliver durg a Super Bowl media day terview. The team didn&#039;t say whether the send-year player will face disciplary actn or a fe. * 49ers gay scandal *

The homophobia some of the chapters isn’t heavily discsed, though you n rt assured the people leadg those discsns are not gay. Yet I learned long ago that jt bee someone is Christian don’t mean they hate gay people. No one n take his support of FCA or the fact that he’s Christian and make the claim that Lance is homophobic.

Still, the Fellowship of Christian Athlet is found on a ep-rooted homophobia.

FORMER RAIRS, 49ERS OL KWAME HARRIS ADMS HE'S GAY

In an terview wh CNN on Friday, former offensive tackle Kwame Harris admted he's gay and said he wished he would have acknowledged when he was playg. * 49ers gay scandal *

And FCA’s homophobia has been wrten about the New York Tim, Los Angel Tim and var other publitns. While Haton bragged that FCA’s anti-gay polici have been around for 60 years, given his nnectn to the lol chapter and his NFL platform, Lance likely has an avenue to talk wh the group and help adjt policy.

Bee let’s be hont, the “quarterback-of-the-future” for the team San Francis supportg a group that bans gay people om learship and disavows same-sex marriage is not a good look, no matter how you look at . As the ntroversy over their teammate's offensive ments about gay players the locker room still brews, two members of the Super Bowl-bound San Francis 49ers are stirrg the pot by nyg they ever participated a gay-rights vio — or that was ever a gay-rights vio at article is om the archive of our partner the ntroversy over their teammate's offensive ments about gay players the locker room still brews, two members of the Super Bowl-bound San Francis 49ers are stirrg the pot by nyg they ever participated a gay-rights vio — or that was ever a gay-rights vio at all. Dan Savage, the creator of the "It Gets Better" project, a seri of PSAs that often feature celebri enuragg LGBT teenagers, removed the team's vio — the first time one has been removed — and not bee of what Chris Culliver said the other day but bee his teammat, star lebacker Ahmad Brooks and nose tackle Isaac Sopoaga, said somethg offensive now,, the outspoken wrer and gay-rights advote, is not too happy: We've removed the #49ers #ItGetsBetter vio om our webse.

#NFL #horsh — Dan Savage (@fakedansavage) Febary 1, 2013The reason Savage pulled the PSA — which Augt beme the first the seri om an NFL team — stems om Brooks and Sopoaga's reactns to the anti-gay ments this week om Culliver, which had actually led to some posive dialogue until Thursday, when USA Today asked them how they felt about appearg the gay-rights vio light of the Culliver sndal.

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To which the two nied ever takg part a gay-rights vio: "I didn't make any vio, " Brooks said. It was an anti-bullyg vio, not a gay (rights) vio, " he team's non-nial nial didn't stop there, as USA Today's Kev Manahan reports: Sopoaga, too, nied makg the vio, even while teammate Will Tuafu, who overheard the qutn, tried to reh his memory. NEW ORLEANS (AP) - The San Francis 49ers said Wednday they have addrsed anti-gay remarks ma by rnerback Chris Culliver durg a Super Bowl media day terview.

Durg an terview Tuday at the Superdome, Culliver rpond to qutns om edian Artie Lange by sayg he wouldn't wele a gay player the locker room. He also said the 49ers didn't have any homosexual players and, if they did, those players should leave.

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Lange followed up wh a qutn about whether Culliver would nsir pursug a gay man. "I don't do the gay guys, man. "A't got no gay people on the team.

" He add he wouldn't wele a gay teammate - no matter how talented. The cy of San Francis and progrsive, open-md Bay Area are home to a large gay muny. C., and the forc of homophobia only amplify the nsequence when gay enunters make headl.

JAGUARS ASSISTANT KEV MAXEN IS FIRST MALE NFL ACH TO E OUT AS GAY

Many a gay sex sndal ret the urse of Amerin history and transformed the way natnal lears will be remembered for time immemorial. Pl Internatnal Airport known by thori as a popular spot for gay trysts saw s most notor occupant ever on June 11, 2007. Pl his emphatic claratn he had "never been gay" prompted men claimg to be his ex-lovers to speak out to the prs.

The two never publicly acknowledged a sexual relatnship, but the closens earns scty even today, pecially wh Hoover's history of antagonizg gay people, but the FBI matas still that there was no evince Hoover was Foley Gets Too DeepHow much trouble did U. Some historians nsir the men to be the first gay print and vice Brgs Down LBJ HonchoWalter Jenks served as Print Lyndon Johnson's chief of staff, and by many acunts was key to brgg the former Texas senator to his historic posn of power.

But the New York Post reported that the polician fact was payg for gay sex an tablishment n by Nazi foreign agents.

*BEAR-MAGAZINE.COM* 49ERS GAY SCANDAL

Former Rairs, 49ers OL Kwame Harris adms he's gay .

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