06-05-2018, 05:47 PM
(06-05-2018, 05:39 PM)SunsetBengal Wrote: No one is saying that gay people shouldn't be allowed to play on the National team, because disallowing them would be discrimination. Correct?
No, but she is saying that they should not be allowed to get married and have the legal standing of other couples. That is discriminating against them.
(06-05-2018, 05:39 PM)SunsetBengal Wrote: Having the National team pay tribute to a very small sector of society, by wearing jerseys in honor of gay pride, is giving special privilege to that minority group. Majority of Americans aren't gay. The team should be about representing the Nation in the sport of soccer, not drawing special attention to secular groups.
It is not promoting a minority. It is promoting equality. Blacks are a small percentage of the population but we still celebrate Martin Luther King Day. And MLB has a day when all players wear #42 to honor Jackie Robinson.
What if an MLB player said he was not going to honor Jackie Robinson because his "personal beliefs" were against blacks having equal rights? You think he might get booed?
