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Can figure skating's first LGBTQ team change ice dance's reliance on romance?
ESPN ^ | 1-24-2019 | Nick McCarvel

Posted on 01/31/2019 6:07:37 PM PST by ZagFan

The American ice dancer is not just the first female skater to come out during her competitive career, but alongside skating partner Joe Johnson, part of the first ice dance team with two LGBTQ competitors.

As they take the ice Friday at the 2019 U.S. Figure Skating Championships in Detroit, Manta and Johnson will challenge the norms that have long governed the sport. But will their new openness impact their scores?

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They came in 7th place. Talented team. Too bad they cant keep their private lives to themselves or maybe they want the attention this brings, since they don't get attention in 7th place.
1 posted on 01/31/2019 6:07:37 PM PST by ZagFan
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To: ZagFan

I think faggots should stay where
they belong — synchronized swimming.


2 posted on 01/31/2019 6:09:07 PM PST by sparklite2 (Don't mind me. I'm just a contrarian.)
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To: ZagFan

The U.S. Men’s Heterosexual Figure Skating Championship - SNL
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=s1ZYTQToX9A


3 posted on 01/31/2019 6:09:22 PM PST by dfwgator (Endut! Hoch Hech!)
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To: ZagFan
Before After
4 posted on 01/31/2019 6:10:56 PM PST by ZagFan
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To: dfwgator
Blades of Glory:


5 posted on 01/31/2019 6:12:32 PM PST by Teacher317 (We have now sunk to a depth at which restatement of the obvious is the first duty of intelligent men)
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To: ZagFan

Don’t ask, don’t tell, enjoy the show.

Screw off, BSPN.


6 posted on 01/31/2019 6:12:33 PM PST by rfp1234 (I don't watch CNN for the same reason I don't drink from the toilet.)
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To: ZagFan

Liberals destroy everything they touch. Nothing is sacred.


7 posted on 01/31/2019 6:15:40 PM PST by Fungi
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I see ESPN is still as gay as always.

I’ve never watched. But this seems to be important to them.

There seems to have been several articles with these kinds of issues and ESPN.


8 posted on 01/31/2019 6:16:36 PM PST by SaveFerris (Luke 17:28 ... as it was in the days of Lot; they did eat, they drank, they bought, they sold ......)
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Can figure skating's first LGBTQ team change ice dance's reliance on romance?

Truly the important issue of our times.

9 posted on 01/31/2019 6:17:36 PM PST by Republican Wildcat
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last year they already changed the scoring to reflect more athletic moves and less art and grace...

the table is set for the transgenders who claim their female to dominate the figure skating world....

I won't watch...

10 posted on 01/31/2019 6:17:50 PM PST by cherry
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To: ZagFan
Put that lesbo romance on ice.
11 posted on 01/31/2019 6:18:02 PM PST by lightman (Obama's legacy in 13 letters: BLM, ISIS, & ANTIFA. New axis of evil.)
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Why doesnt every team get introduced by their bedroom behavior? Or is this some effort to give them a boost with the judges?


12 posted on 01/31/2019 6:18:30 PM PST by Midwesterner53
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To: sparklite2

https://bolstablog.wordpress.com/tag/synchronized-swimming/


13 posted on 01/31/2019 6:19:44 PM PST by God luvs America (63.5 million pay no income tax and vote for DemoKrats...)
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Seems that most LBGTXYZABCs all want attention...”Oh! Look at me! Loud and Proud!” ... Seriously? No thanks.


14 posted on 01/31/2019 6:21:55 PM PST by nfldgirl
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To: ZagFan

figure skating is so “gay” anyway


15 posted on 01/31/2019 6:22:11 PM PST by digger48
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So we are making history, because they are both homosexual???

Is this going to be used as some sort of big step forward for homosexual rights????

Is ESPN going to shove them down our throats, regardless of where they finish in competitions, because homosexuality is more important than any athletic achievement???


16 posted on 01/31/2019 6:22:11 PM PST by Dilbert San Diego
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Darn, I miss their performance - on purpose.


17 posted on 01/31/2019 6:24:07 PM PST by Slyfox (Not my circus, not my monkeys)
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The only figure skating I'll watch is attractive,talented women (normal ones) in short skirts.Male figure skaters are fags who should stick to interior decorating.
18 posted on 01/31/2019 6:29:49 PM PST by Gay State Conservative (Mitt Romney: Bringing Massachusetts Values To The Great State Of Utah.)
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Can figure skating's first LGBTQ team change ice dance's reliance on romance?

Alex and Maia Shibutani are a brother and sister ice dancing team. I'm guessing they don't have romance in their routine.

19 posted on 01/31/2019 6:32:02 PM PST by CaptainK ('No collusion, no obstruction, he's a leaker')
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To: Midwesterner53

Maybe that will happen eventually. The skaters will be introduced by where they place their penises, since that appears to be of utmost importance.


20 posted on 01/31/2019 6:37:12 PM PST by Dilbert San Diego
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