Tonight The Boston Red Sox Had Gay "Pride" Night

they also asked the first openly homosexual basketball player to throw out the first pitch

The Red Sox extended the invitation to Collins via the team’s official Twitter feed the day Collins made his announcement in a Sports Illustrated article.
After receiving a nice ovation from the crowd, Collins opted to go out of the wind-up to deliver his pitch to Farrell.
(providencejournal)

By Melissa Barnhart , CP Reporter

June 6, 2013|3:55 pm

A controversial spin will mark Thursday's Boston Red Sox game against the Texas Rangers with the addition of "Pride" Night at Fenway Park that will include the celebration of "Pride" Week and the first pitch being thrown out by openly gay NBA player Jason Collins, who will also be marching in Boston's Gay "Pride" Parade.

Zineb Curran, the director of corporate communications for the Boston Red Sox, told The Christian Post the organization "extended the invitation to Jason Collins to throw out the ceremonial first pitch to celebrate his courage." She also noted that several groups will be at the game, among them being Boston "Pride", an LGBT organization that promotes Gay "Pride" Week and other events.
This event is a first for Fenway Park, and according to Brian Camenker, president of the pro-family organization MassResistance, public sporting events, especially baseball which he said is traditionally a family event, should be void of LGBT propaganda.
"It's very inappropriate for a sports team that attracts kids to get involved in this movement," Camenker said. "For a professional sports team to promote behavior that's destructive, both socially and medically, is problematic. A baseball game should be one place where people can go to get away from the anti-family agenda." And he predicts there will be a backlash from the public and fans after tonight's game.
Camenker believes that "Pride" Night is being promoted at Fenway Park because the team's owners are liberal and are driving the agenda. Thus far, he said MassResistance has received a lot of support and feedback in opposition to "Pride" Night at Fenway Park. Curran, on the other hand, told CP that she's unsure of fans' response to the Red Sox organization hosting the event.
Sylvain Bruni of Boston "Pride" said that viewers watching the game at home and fans who are at the ballpark will be able to see that "Pride" Week is being recognized by the Boston Red Sox organization with the acknowledgement of Boston "Pride" on the jumbotron, and with Collins throwing out the first pitch.

The Boston "Pride" website also states that the Boston Red Sox will donate a percentage of their proceeds to benefit the LGBT nonprofit organization.
Camenker said his organization is asking the public to call the Boston Red Sox office to let them know they don't support the organization's decision to celebrate Gay "Pride" Week. Which he said includes "obscene events, such as Friday's Boston Dyke March that takes place at a location heavily populated by tourists, who are exposed to vulgar signs" carried by LGBT activists at the parade, which takes places from 7 to 8 p.m., a time when parents are out with their children.

(christianpost)

Christine Quinn Explains How A Gay Basketball Promotes Homosexuality

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This happened after much promotion by gay advocates

Washington Wizard’s center Jason Collins recently became the first openly gay athlete playing in a major American team sport. And, Council Speaker Christine Quinn, who’s vying to become the first openly gay mayor of New York City, is rather happy about it.

“What Jason did today is literally going to save lives,” Ms. Quinn said in a statement. “Because the greatest athletes – who are children’s heroes more than athletes? – are also LGBT and it’s okay.”
After Mr. Collins’ outed himself, Ms. Quinn said, other athletes will feel more comfortable doing the same. In turn, children throughout the country will follow their lead.

“Today, Jason is opening a door for all other athletes moving forward,” she explained. “But let’s think about something else: there will be a day soon when a young boy or a young girl is sitting watching the NBA finals or the Super Bowl or the World Series. And there on the screen will be an openly gay athlete. And that little boy, maybe he thinks he’s gay or maybe he knows he’s gay, and maybe he sat all alone in his room with that. But there will be that athlete on TV, proving to the world that stereotypes don’t matter, but showing others who you are and being true to yourself does.”

Several other mayoral contenders also commented on today’s news.
“Takes a lot of courage to do what [he] did,” former Councilman Sal Albanese wrote on Twitter. “It’s a great day in sports!”
While George McDonald, a Republican, said Mr. Collins is “a courageous athlete and deserves our respect.”

View Ms. Quinn’s complete statement below:

“I admire Jason Collins for his bravery and honesty. It takes a great deal of courage to be who you are, and it is not easy to come out of the closet on any day, in any profession. And we know that professional sports have never been a particularly welcoming place to the LGBT community.
“Today, Jason is opening a door for all other athletes moving forward. But let’s think about something else: there will be a day soon when a young boy or a young girl is sitting watching the NBA finals or the Super Bowl or the World Series. And there on the screen will be an openly gay athlete. And that little boy, maybe he thinks he’s gay or maybe he knows he’s gay, and maybe he sat all alone in his room with that. But there will be that athlete on TV, proving to the world that stereotypes don’t matter, but showing others who you are and being true to yourself does. What Jason did today is literally going to save lives. Because the greatest athletes – who are children’s heroes more than athletes? – are also LGBT and it’s okay.
“Jason’s courageous statement reaffirms what we already know: gay Americans are serving in every walk of life. We still have more work to do, but someday we will look back to Jason Collins’ bravery as a turning point that brought us closer to becoming a nation that fully recognizes we are all created equal.”

Gays Trying Using Professional Hockey To Promote Their Agenda

Right now gays are very actively searching for a "gay sports player" from one of the major sports in America

The union that represents players for the National Hockey League have officially partnered up with the You Can Play Project, which encourages acceptance and understanding of all players regardless of their sexual orientation.

Several college and professional players have participated with the campaign, which was launched by Patrick Burke, son of Toronto Maple Leafs GM Brian Burke and a scout for the Philadelphia Flyers, whose brother Brendan came out months before dying in a car accident in 2010.

"Our motto is 'Hockey Is For Everyone,' and our partnership with You Can Play certifies that position in a clear and unequivocal way," NHL Commissioner Gary Bettman said according to Outsports. "While we believe that our actions in the past have shown our support for the LGBT community, we are delighted to reaffirm through this joint venture with the NHL Players’ Association that the official policy of the NHL is one of inclusion on the ice, in our locker rooms and in the stands."

You Can Play will also run seminars for players to help them understand LGBT issues better. The organization will also offer confidential counseling for players on sexual orientation.

The NHL is one of the major four that may soon have an openly gay player competing on the field, ice, or court. The NFL has also been working with LGBT groups to charter a plan for whenever the first gay male athlete comes out, and the NBA recently sent a memo to teams reminding them that interviews to draft players should not include questions about religion, race, or sexual orientation, the New York Times reports.

“This has been our policy for years, and we strongly support the N.H.L.’s approach to it, and it’s our fervent hope that this draws less attention, not more, when a player eventually comes out,” NBA Commissioner David Stern said according to the Times.
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Nike Trying To "Find" a Gay Sports Player, To Brainwash Kids

Don't Buy From Nike

By the time former Phoenix Suns executive Rick Welts's I-am-gay announcement appeared on the front page of the May 15, 2011, New York Times, he already had revealed his secret to friends, co-workers and business associates.

Among those told before the article was published were NBA commissioner David Stern and senior executives at Nike Inc., the world's largest sporting-goods company, whose roster of team- sport athlete endorsers includes Kobe Bryant of the Los Angeles Lakers, Robinson Cano of the New York Yankees and Joe Flacco of the Super Bowl-champion Baltimore Ravens. Nike asked Welts to deliver a message to anyone thinking about becoming the first openly gay athlete in major U.S. team sports — the company wants him as an endorser.

"They made it clear to me Nike would embrace it," Welts, 60, now president of the National Basketball Association's Golden State Warriors, said in a telephone interview. "The player who does it, they're going to be amazed at the additional opportunities that are put on the table, not the ones that are taken off."

According to Bob Witeck, 61, a gay-marketing strategist and corporate consultant, the first openly gay team-sport athlete — provided he's a recognizable name — would earn millions in endorsements and speaking engagements from companies seeking to capture more of a U.S. lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender adult population whose annual buying power he pegs at almost $800 billion.

"We've passed the tipping point to where national advertisers are no longer afraid of the gay market," said Mark Elderkin, chief executive officer of the Fort Lauderdale, Fla.-based Gay Ad Network.

The National Hockey League isn't backing away from the issue. Thursday, the league aligned itself with a gay-rights organization in a partnership aimed at fighting homophobia in sports.

American Airlines, Macy's, Ikea and Amazon.com are among the companies that have used gay- themed advertising. American, which has employed Witeck as a consultant for 20 years, in the mid-1990s created a gay-targeted sales group called the Rainbow Team. In 2010, American ran billboards in New York showing two men on a beach with the slogan: "Here's to his-and-his beach towels. Proud to support the community that supports us."
Witeck says a gay athlete endorser makes most sense for a company in the beverage, automotive, financial or technology fields. "There's higher reward than risk right now," he said. "The first time you do something you get most of the benefit."

Billionaire Mark Cuban, owner of the NBA's Dallas Mavericks, sees it that way, too. That's why he wants gay basketball players to know that his team values inclusion.

American Airlines pays the Mavericks to put its name on their arena. Cuban says he'd be honored to have a gay player on his roster, noting that athletes today are too enlightened for it to create a problem in the locker room.

"And," he wrote in an email, "it would be a marketing goldmine for all involved."

Cuban's hypothesis may soon be tested.

Former Baltimore Ravens player Brendon Ayanbadejo, a gay- rights advocate, attended a meeting last week at National Football League headquarters during which three organizations with ties to sports and the gay community brainstormed how the league could prepare for an openly gay player.

Ayanbadejo, 36, said in a telephone interview that in his discussions with football players who are contemplating coming out, the subject of a joint announcement has been discussed.

"It's not concrete that it'll happen," said Ayanbadejo, who was released by the Ravens on April 3 and is pursuing a Master of Business Administration degree at George Washington University in Washington. "My cause is to be an ally and make the environment ready so that if it does there's a safe haven."

Ayanbadejo said "there's a lot of work to do" in the NFL. The league last month was told by New York Attorney General Eric Schneiderman (who we should never have voted for) that it must take steps to ensure teams don't discriminate against players based on sexual orientation. The directive came after three players who attended the scouting combine said they were asked questions on whether they had girlfriends or were married. The NFL investigated and said it found no specific violations.

Ayanbadejo and Minnesota Vikings punter Chris Kluwe on April 4 received the Parents, Families & Friends of Lesbians and Gays Straight for Equality in Sports Award.

Drew Tagliabue, executive director of PFLAG's New York City chapter, said in a telephone interview that businesses like Nike are wise to seek diversity advertising.

"The companies are marketing to America," said Tagliabue, whose father, Paul, is a former commissioner of the NFL. "It's a dollars issue."

Today's athletes have opportunities that weren't available to openly gay tennis players Billie Jean King and Martina Navratilova, 56, a fitness ambassador for the American Association of Retired Persons who has said being out cost her about $10 million in endorsements. Navratilova couldn't be reached to comment through her marketing representative.

Nike Chairman Phil Knight said the sponsorship of a gay athlete would not be an issue.

"If it was the right athlete at the right time," Knight said in an interview while walking with Tiger Woods' mother along the 17th fairway of Augusta National Golf Club during the first round of the Masters Tournament. "That's what the game has always been about for us. It doesn't matter if the athlete is gay or not."

Make no mistake, said former NBA player John Amaechi, who retired in 2003 and four years later announced he was gay, teams and leagues are embracing diversity because it's good for business.

"Teams are not interested in diversity as a warm and fuzzy concept," he said. "It's about winning. The business angle is the important angle."

High school, college and professional sports, from the locker room to the field of play to the owner's suite, historically haven't embraced diversity, said the 42-year-old Amaechi, who works as a consultant and whose clients include investment banks and universities.

Former NBA player Tim Hardaway responded to Amaechi's coming out by telling a radio host he hated gay people and didn't want one as a teammate. Hardaway apologized. (after being forced to do so by gay terrorists)

The day after Welts told Stern about his sexual orientation, the Lakers' Bryant used a gay slur while lambasting a referee during a nationally televised game. He was fined $100,000. A month later, Joakim Noah of the Chicago Bulls directed a gay slur at a fan. He was fined $50,000. Bryant and Noah apologized, and NBA players then appeared in anti-homophobia public service announcements. Bryant earlier this year scolded one of his Twitter followers for using a gay slur.

Amaechi said he didn't come out while playing "because I would have lost my job."

Rutgers University basketball coach Mike Rice did lose his job after ESPN aired a video that showed him physically and verbally attacking players at practices while using gay slurs. Rice's initial punishment was a suspension and $50,000 fine levied by Athletic Director Tim Pernetti, who has since resigned. (Notice how gays are "for" freedom of speech)

"Sports are a rough-and-tumble space," said Witeck, the marketing strategist. "Boys on fields and courts will do and say a lot of things. But that window is shutting quickly."

There won't be any shortage of opportunities for the gay athlete that wants to cash in by coming out, said Bob Dorfman, executive director at San Francisco-based Baker Street Advertising.

"The first openly gay athlete could do quite well," Dorfman wrote in an email. "I can't see a company putting their whole endorsement budget into one gay athlete, but as part of a stable of athlete endorsers, the first openly gay one would be a welcome and profitable addition."

Ayanbadejo, like Welts, the gay sports executive, has heard from companies seeking to align themselves with the first openly gay player. People have pitched books, documentaries and movie scripts, he said.

"There's going to be a monetary gain by a lot of people," he said. "Hopefully it's the players who come out."

(Bloomberg News) (with my comments in parentheses)