Gay Boston cop in iconic Marathon photo, Sports Illustrated cover

Boston Globe ^ | April 16, 2013 | Jim Lopata

[ConservativeStatement]

Out, gay Boston police officer and LGBT Boston Police Department Liaison Javier Pagan is on the cover of the current issue of Sports Illustrated.

The cover photograph captures Pagan and two fellow police officers racing into action to help a fallen marathon runner after the explosions at the Boston Marathon.

[wku man]

Tough. If they don't want to be known by their behavior, they need to stop behaving in a way that will get them labeled as such. Either that or go back in the closet.

Scouts Out! Cavalry Ho!

[wku man]

"We should not glorify a police officer if he is gay, nor should we diminish his service if he is gay."

You're right...we should. But to homos, their sick, twisted lifestyle choice is their identity. They're the ones throwing it in our faces (pun definitely not intended!). I wish they'd STFU about their sexual preferences, but as long as they persist in wearing their pole smokeitude on their sleeves, I'll persist in pointing out how vile, disgusting, sick, twisted and immoral it is.

Scouts Out! Cavalry Ho!

[RegulatorCountry]

Are homosexuals some sort of terrorism magnet? I swear there’s a high profile one right there, wherever an attack occurs.

[marygam]

Did I really need to know his sexual orientation?” Heterosexual and Homosexual cops aid fallen victims”. Maybe that should have been headline.
What a screwy world we live in.

[I want the USA back]

Part of the agenda that non-normal people are really great people and normal people are intolerant oafs.

[caver]

You don’t know what a hero is.

[tioga]

The officer ran into danger, not away from it. That’s all that counts. Interesting name though. Had to snicker.

[littleharbour]

Nobody cares about a person’s sexual orientation except the leftist agenda pushers. Homosexuals are given equal treatment. They want special treatment and recognition. They want to force us to join in the “gay” “pride”. No one is more intolerant than a person who is always screaming for tolerance.

[Lancey Howard]

I don’t remember many SI covers but that one was a real hoot. It’s almost as though a group of morons took it over.

I suspect SI is run these days mostly by college kids on their first job. The print magazine business is not exactly the place to be, and I'm sure they don't pay much.