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(48,121 posts) Thu Mar 28, 2013, 02:52 PM Mar 2013

Charisma to NFL Gays: Stay in the Closet!

Charisma to NFL Gays: Stay in the Closet!

Jennifer LeClaire, news editor of Charisma, a magazine and publishing house for Pentecostal Christians, is terrified that the gay agenda “may soon enough seep into Sunday afternoon football” and she has a message for gay NFL players: stay in the closet. Charisma’s daily email newsletter hypes her story this way:

In an age of openly gay clergy preaching the gospel, it wouldn’t be nearly as shocking to see a muscle-bound NFL pro doing a wacky dance after scoring a touchdown. But God forbid it happens.

Don't straight players ever do wacky dances? LeClaire frets about speculation that a professional football player will come out – speculation that has grown with the number of outspoken straight-but-gay-supportive players like Brendon Ayanbadejo. She insists that gay football players should stay in the closet to avoid enticing young people into a sinful lifestyle. All emphases are in the original.

Professional sports should stay out of step. If it’s not supposed to matter whether or not an NFL player is gay, then why do we need to know about his sexual orientation? The gay agenda wants us to know because it wants to shape and mold the minds of the next generation. It’s much the same as the gay superhero drama. Shining a positive spotlight on gay role models in any industry serves to validate homosexuality, which is clearly a sin.

http://www.rightwingwatch.org/content/charisma-nfl-gays-stay-closet

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Charisma to NFL Gays: Stay in the Closet! (Original Post) The Straight Story Mar 2013 OP

If God has a problem with it, he can smite them with lightning. bluedigger Mar 2013 #1

no, these homophobes should be the closeted folk Skittles Mar 2013 #2

"why do we need to know about his sexual orientation?" ZombieHorde Mar 2013 #3

She actually has our agenda pegged Prism Mar 2013 #4

"The gay agenda wants...to shape and mold the minds of the next generation." rocktivity Mar 2013 #5

I have a feeling she has a particular stereotype of homosexual in mind TlalocW Mar 2013 #6

Yawn. I'm tired of bigotry disguised as religion. It's disgusting. Initech Mar 2013 #7

She considers it "shocking" to see "a muscle-bound NFL pro doing a wacky dance"? rocktivity Mar 2013 #8

bluedigger

(17,086 posts)

1. If God has a problem with it, he can smite them with lightning.

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Thu Mar 28, 2013, 02:55 PM

Mar 2013

Isn't that how he usually deals with sinners?

Skittles

(153,142 posts)

2. no, these homophobes should be the closeted folk

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Thu Mar 28, 2013, 02:57 PM

Mar 2013

America is SICK OF THEM

ZombieHorde

(29,047 posts)

3. "why do we need to know about his sexual orientation?"

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Thu Mar 28, 2013, 03:02 PM

Mar 2013

This is such a hypocritical argument. Straight people tell people their sexual orientation very often. "I went to the store with my husband yesterday." = telling people your sexual orientation.

Prism

(5,815 posts)

4. She actually has our agenda pegged

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Thu Mar 28, 2013, 03:03 PM

Mar 2013

Supporting visible professionals to leave the closet so LGBT youth and wider culture have good examples and role models to look up and relate to.

Well, at least she knows what she fears in her bigoted mind. It's almost a nice change of pace.

rocktivity

(44,573 posts)

5. "The gay agenda wants...to shape and mold the minds of the next generation."

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Thu Mar 28, 2013, 03:05 PM

Mar 2013

That's the best news I've heard in months!

rocktivity

P.S. If you think homosexuality is a sin, don't engage in it.

TlalocW

(15,379 posts)

6. I have a feeling she has a particular stereotype of homosexual in mind

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Thu Mar 28, 2013, 03:13 PM

Mar 2013

And I say, if a football player can score a touchdown while wearing assless chaps and a pink feather boa (as homosexuals ALL dress like this), then he should do whatever kind of damn dance he wants.

TlalocW