ENID, Okla. It has finally happened. An openly gay athlete has played a major American professional sport. <\/p>\n
In case you missed it (and if you did you must have been high in the Andes seeking spiritual enlightenment for the past couple of days), journeyman NBA center Jason Collins, who came out last year in a Sports Illustrated interview, signed with, and played for, the Brooklyn Nets on Sunday. <\/p>\n
Thus the sexual orientation line has been broken. <\/p>\n
Now lets drop it, shall we? <\/p>\n
That wont happen, of course. It seems once we in the mainscream media get hold of something we worry it like a dog with a well-loved bone. <\/p>\n
The annual meat market that is the NFL Scouting Combine concludes today in Indianapolis. Sexual orientation became top of mind for the NFL because of Michael Sam, a 6-foot-2, 256-pound defensive end out of Missouri who hopes to become a high draft choice this spring. <\/p>\n
Oh, yeah, and he just happens to be gay. <\/p>\n
It was bound to happen sooner or later. Now it has. Lets move on, shall we? <\/p>\n
Professional athletics is entertainment, pure and simple. We dont seem to worry too much about the sexual orientation of entertainers in other genres, why should sport be any different? <\/p>\n
For example, one of the most popular shows on network television today is How I Met Your Mother. One of that shows beloved characters is the eccentric womanizing playboy Barney Stinson, played by talented actor Neil Patrick Harris who is gay. <\/p>\n
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