Posted on 04/29/2013 12:28:03 PM PDT by Nachum
The White House applauded National Basketball Association player Jason Collins, who on Monday became the first active male player in a major American sport to announce he was gay. “We view that as another example of the progress that has been made and the evolution that has been taking place,” White House press secretary Jay Carney said, praising the "courage" of the National Basketball Association veteran. Carney said that he had not spoken with President Obama about the development but that the White House welcomes the news and hopes
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this sure isn’t gonna sell tickets for the NBA.
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Hey, how else could a player who averaged 0.9 points game this season and whose career is almost certainly over get props from the White House? This should guarantee him an analyst job covering gay sports issues with ESPN. :)
When will the messiah give himself such praise?
Wonder if he will get a WH invite for a little “one on one”????
Meanwhile in other news... Syria is using chemical weapons, Iraq on verge of civil war, Iran closer to the bomb, war in Afghanistan not going well, economy still putzing along and national debt growing $3 billion a day.
How can they call it courage in this day and age? It is a badge of honor for the left and the gay agenda.
It's a wacky world out there.
Courage is going on the battlefield and dying for your country..courage is fighting a horrendous disease like cancer..putting your pecker in another dude’s ass and calling it “love” is NOT courage
Progress?
Still waiting for Barack to come out.
Remember when sober, serious adults were in charge?
Jason WHO???? I kinda follow the Celtics (home town team, not much of a BB fan) and I’ve never heard of the guy.
And Obama’s wife made a hospital visit to a guy tackled at the Boston bombing who she knew was Osama Bin Laden’s son Hamzi, shortly after somebody singlehandedly removed his classification of “known terrorist”. And the Hawaii state registrar effectively confirmed that Obama’s Hawaii BC is non-valid (revealing that the whole stinkin’ system hid the truth about him just like he hid the truth about Bin Laden’s son smiling wide for the camera after he planned the killing of innocent Americans and gets to waltz scott-free because Obama is his ally....
Aside from all that, we could talk about something really important - like the kind of nightee my husband prefers me to wear.... And I’m sure Obama would praise me for revealing the sexual preferences within our household too....
This world is insane.
Barry wants a date. Reggie is being pushed aside.
It's not seemly.
Reggie Love, for one, must be livid.
Does Obama have a date with him yet?
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