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	<title>Comments on: Two 49ers say they didn&#8217;t participate in &#8220;It Gets Better&#8221; video</title>
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		<title>By: joetoronto</title>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[joetoronto]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Sat, 02 Feb 2013 10:19:18 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[canadianvikingfaniii says:
Feb 1, 2013 4:35 PM
America, so advanced in so many ways, so behind in so many more. Glad to be Canadian.
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Speak for yourself, jackass.]]></description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>canadianvikingfaniii says:<br />
Feb 1, 2013 4:35 PM<br />
America, so advanced in so many ways, so behind in so many more. Glad to be Canadian.<br />
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<p>Speak for yourself, jackass.</p>
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		<title>By: whatjusthapped</title>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[whatjusthapped]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Fri, 01 Feb 2013 23:50:39 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Its my assumption that most gays don&#039;t care about football, as is their right, and most football fans don&#039;t really think too much about gay rights.    So why does it get that much press?]]></description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Its my assumption that most gays don&#8217;t care about football, as is their right, and most football fans don&#8217;t really think too much about gay rights.    So why does it get that much press?</p>
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		<title>By: johngaltx</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 01 Feb 2013 23:26:37 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[So they show them the video and then they can no longer deny making it, so then they deny knowing what it was about. What kind of moron would look up to these types of individuals for leadership or guidance? It seems that one would be better off buying a puppy than listening to these two.]]></description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>So they show them the video and then they can no longer deny making it, so then they deny knowing what it was about. What kind of moron would look up to these types of individuals for leadership or guidance? It seems that one would be better off buying a puppy than listening to these two.</p>
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		<title>By: sixjak</title>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[sixjak]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Fri, 01 Feb 2013 23:20:53 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Jeromycrowhurst,
That is not what they essentially said.  Lets look at what they said and try to not &quot;read between the lines&quot; and puts words in other ppl&#039;s mouths.  

I don&#039;t support same sex marriage but I do support same sex unions. I also oppose any person bullying another person for ANY reason and have defended and will continue to defend anyone that is bullied. 

I suspect this is what the majority of Americans believe.]]></description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Jeromycrowhurst,<br />
That is not what they essentially said.  Lets look at what they said and try to not &#8220;read between the lines&#8221; and puts words in other ppl&#8217;s mouths.  </p>
<p>I don&#8217;t support same sex marriage but I do support same sex unions. I also oppose any person bullying another person for ANY reason and have defended and will continue to defend anyone that is bullied. </p>
<p>I suspect this is what the majority of Americans believe.</p>
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		<title>By: romosrevenge</title>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[romosrevenge]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Fri, 01 Feb 2013 22:12:33 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[The League needs to eliminate the &quot;off&quot; week between the NFC/AFC Champ. games and the SB. It just encourages bad behavior by the media and everybody else involved in the sport. And to that end the PRO BOWL needs to be ELIMINATED entirely. Vote for the Pro Bowlers, absolutely. Let the players know who is the best (liked). But NO GAME. It&#039;s a farce of astronomical proportions.]]></description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>The League needs to eliminate the &#8220;off&#8221; week between the NFC/AFC Champ. games and the SB. It just encourages bad behavior by the media and everybody else involved in the sport. And to that end the PRO BOWL needs to be ELIMINATED entirely. Vote for the Pro Bowlers, absolutely. Let the players know who is the best (liked). But NO GAME. It&#8217;s a farce of astronomical proportions.</p>
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		<title>By: jeremycrowhurst</title>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[jeremycrowhurst]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Fri, 01 Feb 2013 21:54:55 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[sixjak says: 
Feb 1, 2013 3:16 PM 
jeremycrowhurst says:
Feb 1, 2013 12:04 PM
Brooks and Sopoaga deserve any and all heat that they get over this.

Can you imagine a player participating in a United Way ad, then later saying, “Hey, wait, I didn’t know the United Way is in favor of X and Y, I never agreed to that.”

You did a good thing. Turns out it was by accident. Now you’re turning it to a bad thing? Classless jerks.

__________

If someone misleads another in order to secure their participation in an activity they’re unsure they would participate in if they knew all of the facts, then that that is unethical. Do you like it when people “do what’s best for you”?

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I&#039;d be mad at the guy who misled me, but I&#039;d take the high road and support what is clearly the right side of the issue.

I sure wouldn&#039;t go on record as saying, &quot;I&#039;m opposed to bullying, but not when the victims are gay kids&quot;, which is what the two of them have essentially done.]]></description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>sixjak says:<br />
Feb 1, 2013 3:16 PM<br />
jeremycrowhurst says:<br />
Feb 1, 2013 12:04 PM<br />
Brooks and Sopoaga deserve any and all heat that they get over this.</p>
<p>Can you imagine a player participating in a United Way ad, then later saying, “Hey, wait, I didn’t know the United Way is in favor of X and Y, I never agreed to that.”</p>
<p>You did a good thing. Turns out it was by accident. Now you’re turning it to a bad thing? Classless jerks.</p>
<p>__________</p>
<p>If someone misleads another in order to secure their participation in an activity they’re unsure they would participate in if they knew all of the facts, then that that is unethical. Do you like it when people “do what’s best for you”?</p>
<p>&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;</p>
<p>I&#8217;d be mad at the guy who misled me, but I&#8217;d take the high road and support what is clearly the right side of the issue.</p>
<p>I sure wouldn&#8217;t go on record as saying, &#8220;I&#8217;m opposed to bullying, but not when the victims are gay kids&#8221;, which is what the two of them have essentially done.</p>
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		<title>By: expatpatfan</title>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[expatpatfan]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Fri, 01 Feb 2013 21:42:38 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[It seems like about half the people here hope it doesn&#039;t get better.]]></description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>It seems like about half the people here hope it doesn&#8217;t get better.</p>
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		<title>By: canadianvikingfaniii</title>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[canadianvikingfaniii]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Fri, 01 Feb 2013 21:35:27 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[America, so advanced in so many ways, so behind in so many more. Glad to be Canadian.]]></description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>America, so advanced in so many ways, so behind in so many more. Glad to be Canadian.</p>
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		<title>By: brettfavresmidget</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 01 Feb 2013 21:05:31 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Vince Young suffers poor recall as well. Somebody should study these guys&#039; brains.]]></description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Vince Young suffers poor recall as well. Somebody should study these guys&#8217; brains.</p>
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		<title>By: donaldgorton</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 01 Feb 2013 20:46:22 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[The fact that Brooks and Sopoaga couldn&#039;t recall a video they did 6 months earlier leads one to question whether the 49ers organization is putting lipstick on a pig when it comes to pleasing its gay fans. The locker room can remain a hostile environment consistent with anti-gay discrimination, but spin is all that matters. Disappointing.]]></description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>The fact that Brooks and Sopoaga couldn&#8217;t recall a video they did 6 months earlier leads one to question whether the 49ers organization is putting lipstick on a pig when it comes to pleasing its gay fans. The locker room can remain a hostile environment consistent with anti-gay discrimination, but spin is all that matters. Disappointing.</p>
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		<title>By: redandgoldhitman52</title>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[redandgoldhitman52]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Fri, 01 Feb 2013 20:22:01 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[this country is going soft]]></description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>this country is going soft</p>
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		<title>By: harrisonhits2</title>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[harrisonhits2]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Fri, 01 Feb 2013 20:21:49 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Imagine if there had been a time when African American players weren&#039;t allowed to play because of discrimination.

Or that Caucasian players didn&#039;t want to share a locker room with them if they were allowed to play.

Imagine a time when that discrimination was in the past and African Americans could enjoy their human rights to make an awful lot of money playing a game.

Oh wait......]]></description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Imagine if there had been a time when African American players weren&#8217;t allowed to play because of discrimination.</p>
<p>Or that Caucasian players didn&#8217;t want to share a locker room with them if they were allowed to play.</p>
<p>Imagine a time when that discrimination was in the past and African Americans could enjoy their human rights to make an awful lot of money playing a game.</p>
<p>Oh wait&#8230;&#8230;</p>
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		<title>By: sixjak</title>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[sixjak]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Fri, 01 Feb 2013 20:16:53 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[jeremycrowhurst says:
Feb 1, 2013 12:04 PM
Brooks and Sopoaga deserve any and all heat that they get over this.

Can you imagine a player participating in a United Way ad, then later saying, “Hey, wait, I didn’t know the United Way is in favor of X and Y, I never agreed to that.”

You did a good thing. Turns out it was by accident. Now you’re turning it to a bad thing? Classless jerks.

__________

If someone misleads another in order to secure their participation in an activity they&#039;re unsure they would participate in if they knew all of the facts, then that that is unethical.  Do you like it when people &quot;do what&#039;s best for you&quot;?]]></description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>jeremycrowhurst says:<br />
Feb 1, 2013 12:04 PM<br />
Brooks and Sopoaga deserve any and all heat that they get over this.</p>
<p>Can you imagine a player participating in a United Way ad, then later saying, “Hey, wait, I didn’t know the United Way is in favor of X and Y, I never agreed to that.”</p>
<p>You did a good thing. Turns out it was by accident. Now you’re turning it to a bad thing? Classless jerks.</p>
<p>__________</p>
<p>If someone misleads another in order to secure their participation in an activity they&#8217;re unsure they would participate in if they knew all of the facts, then that that is unethical.  Do you like it when people &#8220;do what&#8217;s best for you&#8221;?</p>
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		<title>By: guinsrule</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 01 Feb 2013 20:16:36 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[The players have no control over the situation. If an openly gay player is on the team, they have to deal with it, but you can&#039;t force them to like it.]]></description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>The players have no control over the situation. If an openly gay player is on the team, they have to deal with it, but you can&#8217;t force them to like it.</p>
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		<title>By: BringBackTheFlex</title>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[BringBackTheFlex]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Fri, 01 Feb 2013 20:15:59 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[&quot;Politically correct&quot; means you must lie.  You cannot respond to any question with the truth of how you might feel else the media, just for ratings, will escalate it into a hate speech.  Sports figures are not the most savvy folks, so they often just speak honestly, which gets them in trouble.

If a player was asked, &quot;Did you support the &#039;I&#039;m gay. Please don&#039;t beat me up&#039; videos?&quot; and responded with a &quot;He11 no&quot;, he would be castigated by everyone.  Thus, Politically Correct translates to (in your best German SS accent), &quot;You must vorship der Fadderland speak!!!  We have vays to make you obey!&quot;]]></description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>&#8220;Politically correct&#8221; means you must lie.  You cannot respond to any question with the truth of how you might feel else the media, just for ratings, will escalate it into a hate speech.  Sports figures are not the most savvy folks, so they often just speak honestly, which gets them in trouble.</p>
<p>If a player was asked, &#8220;Did you support the &#8216;I&#8217;m gay. Please don&#8217;t beat me up&#8217; videos?&#8221; and responded with a &#8220;He11 no&#8221;, he would be castigated by everyone.  Thus, Politically Correct translates to (in your best German SS accent), &#8220;You must vorship der Fadderland speak!!!  We have vays to make you obey!&#8221;</p>
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		<title>By: chawk12thman</title>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[chawk12thman]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Fri, 01 Feb 2013 19:27:55 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Someone should do a story and remind everyone that it is also okay to be straight.   Just don&#039;t push it on anyone and don&#039;t be so obvious about it.]]></description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Someone should do a story and remind everyone that it is also okay to be straight.   Just don&#8217;t push it on anyone and don&#8217;t be so obvious about it.</p>
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		<title>By: surfinbird1</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 01 Feb 2013 18:19:27 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[They mis-remembered.]]></description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>They mis-remembered.</p>
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		<title>By: slomax10</title>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[slomax10]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Fri, 01 Feb 2013 18:17:01 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[beerbaron says: 
Feb 1, 2013 11:41 AM 
It’s one thing to be entitled to have different views on political issues, but respecting gay rights is just basic human decency. People don’t “choose to love who they wish to love” any more than they choose to be born a certain height. If you don’t think gays have a right to play in the NFL or do anything else a straight person can, you’re no better than racists who thought we should have separate drinking fountains.


Right on brother - my thoughts exactly.  Why must people always judge other people.  Why can&#039;t everyone just live their own life without idiots bugging them about religion, race, sexuality.....and the list goes on.  I for one am a &quot;live and let live&quot; kinda a guy - doesn&#039;t matter what race, sexuality or anything else you are - if you&#039;re a good person than I would have no problem telling people &quot;that person is my friend&quot;. Live life, have fun - life&#039;s way too short to deal with this crap]]></description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>beerbaron says:<br />
Feb 1, 2013 11:41 AM<br />
It’s one thing to be entitled to have different views on political issues, but respecting gay rights is just basic human decency. People don’t “choose to love who they wish to love” any more than they choose to be born a certain height. If you don’t think gays have a right to play in the NFL or do anything else a straight person can, you’re no better than racists who thought we should have separate drinking fountains.</p>
<p>Right on brother &#8211; my thoughts exactly.  Why must people always judge other people.  Why can&#8217;t everyone just live their own life without idiots bugging them about religion, race, sexuality&#8230;..and the list goes on.  I for one am a &#8220;live and let live&#8221; kinda a guy &#8211; doesn&#8217;t matter what race, sexuality or anything else you are &#8211; if you&#8217;re a good person than I would have no problem telling people &#8220;that person is my friend&#8221;. Live life, have fun &#8211; life&#8217;s way too short to deal with this crap</p>
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		<title>By: bayarea510</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 01 Feb 2013 18:11:35 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Can the media please stop. Enough already. These men are here to play football. Also, another thing...the Castro District does not define San Francisco. San Francisco is an amazing city and not one neighborhood defines it.

Newsflash media...not all 800K residents of SF are gay men.]]></description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Can the media please stop. Enough already. These men are here to play football. Also, another thing&#8230;the Castro District does not define San Francisco. San Francisco is an amazing city and not one neighborhood defines it.</p>
<p>Newsflash media&#8230;not all 800K residents of SF are gay men.</p>
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		<title>By: 303bengalguy</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 01 Feb 2013 18:11:32 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[When I first read that they DID participate, I scratched my head at Ahmad Brooks being one to take part.  Having followed him while he was a Bengal, he just never struck me as the type to do something like this, right wrong or indifferent.  He just doesn&#039;t seem like he&#039;d care enough about this topic to do anything like this.]]></description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>When I first read that they DID participate, I scratched my head at Ahmad Brooks being one to take part.  Having followed him while he was a Bengal, he just never struck me as the type to do something like this, right wrong or indifferent.  He just doesn&#8217;t seem like he&#8217;d care enough about this topic to do anything like this.</p>
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		<title>By: bullcharger</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 01 Feb 2013 17:46:28 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[RavenzGunnerz says:Feb 1, 2013 11:10 AM 

People should choose to love who they wish to love. But I don’t like when gay rights activists stoop too low like this. Oh… everybody must support us.
 
Leave these players alone. If they don’t like gay players, hey this is America. Has it occurred to you that they are also entitled to these views?

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They are entitled to those views for sure.  They just can&#039;t prevent gay players from being on the team or playing... because, hey this is America.]]></description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>RavenzGunnerz says:Feb 1, 2013 11:10 AM </p>
<p>People should choose to love who they wish to love. But I don’t like when gay rights activists stoop too low like this. Oh… everybody must support us.</p>
<p>Leave these players alone. If they don’t like gay players, hey this is America. Has it occurred to you that they are also entitled to these views?</p>
<p>&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8211;</p>
<p>They are entitled to those views for sure.  They just can&#8217;t prevent gay players from being on the team or playing&#8230; because, hey this is America.</p>
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		<title>By: Ponder This</title>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Ponder This]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Fri, 01 Feb 2013 17:29:29 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[granadafan says:Feb 1, 2013 11:06 AM 

Football players who are young and very likely from small rural towns in the south are likely to be ignorant and naive about gays and rights as human beings. They’ve been exposed to bigotry their whole lives in these religious and conservative towns. I wouldn’t beat these players up too much over some comments. The more they are exposed to life beyond their protected lives, the more they’ll realize that bigotry and discrimination are wrong.
________

Yeah, because religious people, conservative people, people from small towns, and people from the south are all bigots. Thanks for clearing that up for us, Mr. Open Minded.]]></description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>granadafan says:Feb 1, 2013 11:06 AM </p>
<p>Football players who are young and very likely from small rural towns in the south are likely to be ignorant and naive about gays and rights as human beings. They’ve been exposed to bigotry their whole lives in these religious and conservative towns. I wouldn’t beat these players up too much over some comments. The more they are exposed to life beyond their protected lives, the more they’ll realize that bigotry and discrimination are wrong.<br />
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<p>Yeah, because religious people, conservative people, people from small towns, and people from the south are all bigots. Thanks for clearing that up for us, Mr. Open Minded.</p>
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		<title>By: bmoritz2003</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 01 Feb 2013 17:13:53 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Maybe the organinzation should have been more honest about what they&#039;re goals are.  Why are they getting a pass in this?]]></description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Maybe the organinzation should have been more honest about what they&#8217;re goals are.  Why are they getting a pass in this?</p>
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		<title>By: exnavysub</title>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[exnavysub]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Fri, 01 Feb 2013 17:11:43 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[I hate the media sometimes. I realize a &quot;comedian&quot; got this rolling for asking the question first, but the leeches with political agendas have made this much worse. Enough of this and get back to and stay on football.]]></description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>I hate the media sometimes. I realize a &#8220;comedian&#8221; got this rolling for asking the question first, but the leeches with political agendas have made this much worse. Enough of this and get back to and stay on football.</p>
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		<title>By: goldrush4949</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 01 Feb 2013 17:09:52 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Such a non-story. Enough.]]></description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Such a non-story. Enough.</p>
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		<title>By: jeremycrowhurst</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 01 Feb 2013 17:04:01 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Brooks and Sopoaga deserve any and all heat that they get over this.

Can you imagine a player participating in a United Way ad, then later saying, &quot;Hey, wait, I didn&#039;t know the United Way is in favor of X and Y, I never agreed to that.&quot;

You did a good thing.  Turns out it was by accident.  Now you&#039;re turning it to a bad thing?  Classless jerks.]]></description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Brooks and Sopoaga deserve any and all heat that they get over this.</p>
<p>Can you imagine a player participating in a United Way ad, then later saying, &#8220;Hey, wait, I didn&#8217;t know the United Way is in favor of X and Y, I never agreed to that.&#8221;</p>
<p>You did a good thing.  Turns out it was by accident.  Now you&#8217;re turning it to a bad thing?  Classless jerks.</p>
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		<title>By: beerbaron</title>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[beerbaron]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Fri, 01 Feb 2013 16:41:24 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[It&#039;s one thing to be entitled to have different views on political issues, but respecting gay rights is just basic human decency. People don&#039;t &quot;choose to love who they wish to love&quot; any more than they choose to be born a certain height. If you don&#039;t think gays have a right to play in the NFL or do anything else a straight person can, you&#039;re no better than racists who thought we should have separate drinking fountains.]]></description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>It&#8217;s one thing to be entitled to have different views on political issues, but respecting gay rights is just basic human decency. People don&#8217;t &#8220;choose to love who they wish to love&#8221; any more than they choose to be born a certain height. If you don&#8217;t think gays have a right to play in the NFL or do anything else a straight person can, you&#8217;re no better than racists who thought we should have separate drinking fountains.</p>
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		<title>By: 1historian</title>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[1historian]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Fri, 01 Feb 2013 16:23:07 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[I bring good tidings.

This week - The last week before the super (duper pooper) bowl  is the week in which THE standard for abysmally bad sports &#039;journalism&#039; (?) is set for the next 51 weeks. 

Divisions are 1) made up stories 2) politically correct stories 3) whatever stories 

(The Manti Te&#039;o stories are all in the fantasy/hoax/farce/absurd category. This came about when that dude with the long name who started it all [and is in love with Manti Te&#039;o] talked to dr. phil and more than one person tuned in)


So - Just be patient and it will be over soon. (There will be a few late entries Monday Tuesday and Wednesday of next week but then it will be fine.) 

The winners will be announced ........]]></description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>I bring good tidings.</p>
<p>This week &#8211; The last week before the super (duper pooper) bowl  is the week in which THE standard for abysmally bad sports &#8216;journalism&#8217; (?) is set for the next 51 weeks. </p>
<p>Divisions are 1) made up stories 2) politically correct stories 3) whatever stories </p>
<p>(The Manti Te&#8217;o stories are all in the fantasy/hoax/farce/absurd category. This came about when that dude with the long name who started it all [and is in love with Manti Te'o] talked to dr. phil and more than one person tuned in)</p>
<p>So &#8211; Just be patient and it will be over soon. (There will be a few late entries Monday Tuesday and Wednesday of next week but then it will be fine.) </p>
<p>The winners will be announced &#8230;&#8230;..</p>
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		<title>By: commonsensedude</title>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[commonsensedude]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Fri, 01 Feb 2013 16:17:00 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Why are we still talking about this?]]></description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Why are we still talking about this?</p>
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		<title>By: RavenzGunnerz</title>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[RavenzGunnerz]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Fri, 01 Feb 2013 16:10:34 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[People should choose to love who they wish to love. But I don&#039;t like when gay rights activists stoop too low like this. Oh... everybody must support us.

Leave these players alone. If they don&#039;t like gay players,  hey this is America. Has it occurred to you that they are also entitled to these views?]]></description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>People should choose to love who they wish to love. But I don&#8217;t like when gay rights activists stoop too low like this. Oh&#8230; everybody must support us.</p>
<p>Leave these players alone. If they don&#8217;t like gay players,  hey this is America. Has it occurred to you that they are also entitled to these views?</p>
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