On the issue of "gay marriage" -- (follow link to original)
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Baltimore Ravens linebacker Brendon Ayanbadejo
has spoken out in favor of a Maryland ballot initiative that would
legalize gay marriage. Yahoo has published a letter
that Maryland state delegate Emmett C. Burns Jr. wrote last week to
Ravens owner Steve Bisciotti, urging him to "inhibit such expressions
from your employee." This is Minnesota Vikings punter Chris Kluwe's
response to Burns.
Dear Emmett C. Burns Jr.,
I find
it inconceivable that you are an elected official of Maryland's state
government. Your vitriolic hatred and bigotry make me ashamed and
disgusted to think that you are in any way responsible for shaping
policy at any level. The views you espouse neglect to consider several
fundamental key points, which I will outline in great detail (you may
want to hire an intern to help you with the longer words):
1. As
I suspect you have not read the Constitution, I would like to remind
you that the very first, the VERY FIRST Amendment in this founding
document deals with the freedom of speech, particularly the abridgment
of said freedom. By using your position as an elected official (when
referring to your constituents so as to implicitly threaten the Ravens
organization) to state that the Ravens should "inhibit such expressions
from your employees," more specifically Brendon Ayanbadejo, not only are
you clearly violating the First Amendment, you also come across as a
narcissistic fromunda stain. What on earth would possess you to be so
mind-boggingly stupid? It baffles me that a man such as yourself, a man
who relies on that same First Amendment to pursue your own religious
studies without fear of persecution from the state, could somehow
justify stifling another person's right to speech. To call that
hypocritical would be to do a disservice to the word. Mindfucking
obscenely hypocritical starts to approach it a little bit.
2.
"Many of your fans are opposed to such a view and feel it has no place
in a sport that is strictly for pride, entertainment, and excitement."
Holy fucking shitballs. Did you seriously just say that, as someone
who's "deeply involved in government task forces on the legacy of
slavery in Maryland"? Have you not heard of Kenny Washington? Jackie
Robinson? As recently as 1962 the NFL still had segregation, which was
only done away with by brave athletes and coaches daring to speak their
mind and do the right thing, and you're going to say that political
views have "no place in a sport"? I can't even begin to fathom the
cognitive dissonance that must be coursing through your rapidly addled
mind right now; the mental gymnastics your brain has to tortuously
contort itself through to make such a preposterous statement are surely
worthy of an Olympic gold medal (the Russian judge gives you a 10 for
"beautiful oppressionism").
3. This is more a personal quibble of
mine, but why do you hate freedom? Why do you hate the fact that other
people want a chance to live their lives and be happy, even though they
may believe in something different than you, or act different than you?
How does gay marriage, in any way shape or form, affect your life? If
gay marriage becomes legal, are you worried that all of a sudden you'll
start thinking about penis? "Oh shit. Gay marriage just passed. Gotta
get me some of that hot dong action!" Will all of your friends suddenly
turn gay and refuse to come to your Sunday Ticket grill-outs? (Unlikely,
since gay people enjoy watching football too.)
I can assure you
that gay people getting married will have zero effect on your life. They
won't come into your house and steal your children. They won't
magically turn you into a lustful cockmonster. They won't even overthrow
the government in an orgy of hedonistic debauchery because all of a
sudden they have the same legal rights as the other 90 percent of our
population—rights like Social Security benefits, child care tax credits,
Family and Medical Leave to take care of loved ones, and COBRA
healthcare for spouses and children. You know what having these rights
will make gays? Full-fledged American citizens just like everyone else,
with the freedom to pursue happiness and all that entails. Do the
civil-rights struggles of the past 200 years mean absolutely nothing to
you?
In closing, I would like to say that I hope this letter, in
some small way, causes you to reflect upon the magnitude of the colossal
foot in mouth clusterfuck you so brazenly unleashed on a man whose only
crime was speaking out for something he believed in. Best of luck in
the next election; I'm fairly certain you might need it.
Sincerely,
Chris Kluwe
P.S.
I've also been vocal as hell about the issue of gay marriage so you can
take your "I know of no other NFL player who has done what Mr.
Ayanbadejo is doing" and shove it in your close-minded, totally lacking
in empathy piehole and choke on it. Asshole.
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