San Francisco 49ers cornerback Chris Culliver caused quite a stir when he said openly gay players wouldnāt be welcome on his team.Ā From Yahoo Sports:
“I don’t do the gay guys man,” said Culliver, whose Niners play the Baltimore Ravens.Ā on Sunday. “I don’t do that. No, we don’t got no gay people on the team, they gotta get up out of here if they do.
“Can’t be with that sweet stuff. Nahā¦can’t beā¦in the locker room man. Nah.”
When quizzed by Lange whether any homosexual athletes would need to keep their sexuality a secret in football, Culliver responded: “Yeah, come out 10 years later after that.”
Certainly Culliver wonāt be earning a political correctness merit badge anytime soon, but I have to ask do you blame him for not wanting a homosexual in the locker room?Ā Iām not saying heās right about saying a openly gay person canāt play football, but there are some obvious logistical concerns.Ā He has since made a public apology.
Whatās interesting is the 49erās response:
“The San Francisco 49ers reject the comments that were made [Tuesday], and have addressed the matter with Chris. There is no place for discrimination within our organization at any level. We have and always will proudly support the LGBT community.”
Proudly support the LGBT communityā¦. why proudly?Ā What is there to be proud of?Ā Just curious.Ā Will they say we also proudly support the heterosexual community?
They wonāt discriminate, but I guess itās ok for their players to feel uncomfortable should there ever be a openly gay member in the locker room.Ā I suppose theyād work to resolve that, but would the openly gay player then feel ādiscriminated againstā?
Is Chris Culliver wrong for feeling uncomfortable?
