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February 25, 2013
NFL teams want to know if potential draft pick from Notre Dame is gay

Pundit says no one will admit it publicly, but they all have questions about the sexuality of Manti Te'o

Notre Dame football star Manti Te'o wants a career in the NFL but a well-publicized dead girlfriend hoax has teams taking into consideration more than his playing abilities.

'Teams want to know whether Manti Te'o is gay,' NBC Sports pundit Mike Florio said in a radio interview today. 'They just want to know. They want to know because in an NFL locker room, it's a different world.'

February 22, 2013
American Family Association's Bryan Fischer says Tim Tebow latest scalp of 'bigoted bullies at Big Gay'

NFL player canceled appearance at church of anti-gay Robert Jeffress

NFL player Tim Tebow is now getting backlash from both sides stemming from canceled plans to speak at a Dallas mega-church with an anti-gay pastor.

Tebow, back-up quarterback for the New York Jets, on Wednesday (20 February) backed out of an April appearance at First Baptist Church of Dallas after homophobic comments by pastor Robert Jeffress surfaced.

February 22, 2013
Amid furor, NFL's Tim Tebow cancels appearance at church with anti-gay pastor

Back-up quarterback for New York Jets had faced backlash

Tim Tebow won't be speaking at a Dallas mega-church with an anti-gay pastor after all.

The National Football League star, currently a back-up quarterback for the New York Jets, had been scheduled to speak at First Baptist Church of Dallas in April.

But the famous Christian jock has faced strong backlash since the appearance was announced because of anti-gay and other controversial statements made in the past by pastor Robert Jeffress.

November 5, 2012
Chris Kluwe quits Minnesota newspaper over its editorial stance on gay marriage

Vikings punter accuses St. Paul Pioneer Press of 'irresponsible journalism'

NFL punter Chris Kluwe has quit as a contributor to the St. Paul Pioneer Press over its editorial stance on gay marriage which he charges is 'irresponsible journalism and 'massively hypocritical.'

The newspaper purports to have a neutral stance on a ballot initiative in Minnesota that would change the state constitution to define marriage only between a man and a woman.

June 28, 2012
Minnesota Vikings punter Chris Kluwe speaks out for gay marriage

'I don’t think a lot of people realize that family is family'

Minnesota Vikings punter Chris Kluwe wants everyone to know that he believes everyone has the right to marry who they love - including his wife's brother who wants to wed his partner in Calif0rnia.

June 27, 2012
UEFA chief attends gay celebration at Euro 2012

Soccer executive confirms commitment to battling homophobia at gay ‘pride’ reception in Donetsk, Ukraine as country hosts Euro 2012

A UEFA chief has emphasized the organizations commitment to tackling homophobia at a gay reception hosted in the Ukraine.

He was joined by soccer fans from France, Spain, Portugal and Austria at the party hosted by British lesbian activist Claire Dimyon where he met members of the LGBT community in Donetsk.

Together they toasted gay pride and Ukrainian Constitution Day, which is on 28 June, at the party last night (26 June).

June 6, 2012
Former NFL player Wade Davis comes out publicly and is working with LGBT youth

'I got to play in the NFL, and now I get to change the world'

No one who has played in the National Football League has ever come out publicly during their playing days.

But Wade Davis, who was a cornerback with the Tennessee Titans, the Washington Redskins, and the Seattle Seahawks, has just joined a select group of former players to declare to the world that they are gay.

March 13, 2012
Roland Martin's suspension lifted by CNN

Commentator had been pulled from air for anti-gay tweets

CNN has lifted commentator Roland Martin's suspension five weeks after the network banned him from the air for tweets he wrote during the Super Bowl that were viewed by the Gay and Lesbian Alliance Against Defamation and others as homophobic.

CNN had never put a time limit on the suspension. The network merely stated early last month that Martin 'will not be appearing on our air for the time being.'

February 15, 2012
CNN commentator Roland Martin meets with GLAAD

Both say they now have 'better understanding' of Martin's Super Bowl tweets

The Gay and Lesbian Alliance Against Defamation met with embattled CNN commenator Roland Martin Tuesday (14 February) to discuss a Twitter controversy that occurred on Super Bowl Sunday and resulted in Martin being suspended from the cable network.

GLAAD's Herndon Graddick, the group's senior director of programs, met with Martin in Los Angeles where the political commentator arrived on Monday.

February 8, 2012
CNN suspends Roland Martin for Super Bowl tweets

GLAAD demanding commentator be fired for tweets it views as homophobic

CNN commentator Roland Martin has been taken off the air 'for the time being' in the wake of a Twitter controversy that occurred on Super Bowl Sunday.

The Gay and Lesbian Alliance Against Defamation has been calling for Martin's firing for tweets he wrote during the Super Bowl about an H&M advertisement featuring soccer star David Beckham.

February 6, 2012
GLAAD wants CNN reporter fired for Super Bowl Tweets

CNN's Roland Martin gets into hot water over Super Bowl tweeting

The Super Bowl is much more than a football game. It's also a night where commercials get as much scrutiny as the machinations on the field.

CNN analyst Roland Martin became a media critic on his Twitter feed. He was extremely displeased with an H&M advertisement featuring soccer star David Beckham.

February 4, 2012
Rumor about O'Donnell and Tebow proves false

Rosie O'Donnell and Tim Tebow meet; she likes his eyes

For American football fans, this weekend is Christmas all over again. The New York Giants and New England Patriots will play in the Super Bowl on Sunday.