Come out as gay! \u00a0Oh, wait. \u00a0Well, no\u00a0athlete\u00a0who\u2019s currently\u00a0playing\u00a0has come out as gay! \u00a0Oh,\u00a0just\u00a0a second. \u00a0No\u00a0athlete\u00a0who\u2019s actually currently on a sports team and is actively playing but not on an\u00a0injury\u00a0list has come out as being gay! \u00a0That\u2019s it! \u00a0
I give you Marc Barnes<\/a>. \u00a0Marc is a great writer. \u00a0Yes, at times he overshoots the mark or goes too far, but the essence of this piece, deflating the ludicrous modern notion that a person\u2019s preferences about sex is the only thing worth promoting, is spot on.\u00a0<\/div>\n<\/body><\/html>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Come out as gay! \u00a0Oh, wait. \u00a0Well, no\u00a0athlete\u00a0who\u2019s currently\u00a0playing\u00a0has come out as gay! \u00a0Oh,\u00a0just\u00a0a second. \u00a0No\u00a0athlete\u00a0who\u2019s actually currently on a sports team and is actively playing but not on an\u00a0injury\u00a0list has come out as being gay! \u00a0That\u2019s it! \u00a0Now we have it. \u00a0Real, earth shattering news that deserves the appropriate headlines. \u00a0For the whole notion […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2805,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1932","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"yoast_head":"\n
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