No, it's not weird if you understand that ownership of just about all teams in the major professional leagues consists almost entirely of leftists (the epitome of crony capitalists). Pick an owner of an NFL team or MLB team or NBA team, for example, and look up who his political contributions are going to. That will give you a good idea of what I'm saying.
They generally won't let a known conservative into their ownership gang, even if he is adequately capitalized and is a well-respected citizen. The case of Rush Limbaugh a few years ago proves that.
So leftist ownership produces a product of leftist sensibilities, e.g., honoring gays, just a night follows day.
It didn't have to be the Lions. It could have been just about any team in any of the major pro sports.
Slowly people are starting to realize that what you are saying is true.
justiceseeker, you are correct about the leftist slant of professional sports. Like every other institution, the left penetrated it and have co-opted professional sports to suit their social and political agenda. It is particularly pronounced in sports predominated by black American players.
I first noticed this trend back in the early 1980s when I was a subscriber to Sports Illustrated. I allowed my subscription to lapse because the articles began reading more like op-ed pieces, and I was not in favor of the opinions they were promoting.
After dropping Sports Illustrated I picked up a subscription to The Sporting News; in the days before the internet, there was no better source for baseball standings, statistics, and stories. They provided good NFL coverage as well. But by the late 1980s, I was noticing that the writers were using the sports venue as a vehicle to push for “social justice.” Although the black writers were most vocal, all of the contributors in some way or another followed the Party Line. Around 1993, that subscription lapsed as well.
So as with most leftist penetration, it began by dominating the organs of the sports media, the official propaganda mouthpiece of the American left. At least by the year 2000, the official propaganda line had become so pervasive that leftist dogma became institutionally accepted truth across the sports spectrum. Every sports story now must pay some sort of homage to the leftist agenda, whether it is showing support for the homosexuals, fellating 0bama, espousing “equality” or attacking “racism.”
Major sports franchise owners are generally not stupid people. Rich and degenerate, yes, but not stupid. They know that image means money in their line of work perhaps more than any other. It is, after all, just entertainment wrapped in a different guise. Since the prevailing winds blew left, they tacked with the wind and went along. They like the positive press they get for promoting the politically correct causes. Whether they truly believe the leftist drivel or not, it gets them money without a hassle and that’s how they roll.