Maryland politician's letter denouncing Brendon Ayanbadejo's support of gay marriage - Page 1

Maryland politician and minister Emmett C. Burns Jr., in a letter obtained by Yahoo! Sports on Thursday, has demanded that the Baltimore Ravens halt linebacker Brendon Ayanbadejo from publicly expressing his support for gay marriage. While the Ravens declined comment on the letter to The Washington Post, Ayanbadejo wrote on Twitter: "Football is just my job it's not who I am. I am an American before anything. And just like every American I have the right to speak!!!"

Here is a copy of the letter:

Link to the letter

Chris Kluwe responds to Senator Burns:

This contains some pretty foul and graphic language, so if you're offended, don't read it

Would'nt it be a wonderful world if people could just mind their own damn business!
I say good for Brendon Ayanbadejo!!!

If Brendon Ayanbadejo was simply expressing a personal opinion on the subject,
not claiming it as a view by the Team, what right has Emmett Burns to address
his protest to the Ravens owner ?  He should have the guts to disagree with the
player 'man to man' !

how to stop this whole gay marriage issue.......

government only accept "civil unions" and all civil union are treated equally.
churches "marry" whomever they wish,
law protecting churches from lawsuits for only marry triditional couples.

problem solved, end of the issue.



its so simple, but won't be adopted becasue there's too much political power in seperating the masses.....

Sitasmom, churches are already protected, they can choose who they can and can't marry, as it should be.  Changing the wording is meaningless pandering.  After all, a rose is still a rose!  The simplest thing is to allow people to be who they are, as it has no bearing on the rights of anyone outside of any particular household.   Wouldn't it be better if we each tended to our own family and soul and allowed others to tend to theirs?   I don't see why it's an issue to begin!  But then, your last sentence is oh too true, it's all about keeping us divided!

by states switching to civil unions there is a complete seperation of church and state.

the civil union couples get all the same rights as the used to be married couples..
including the expense of divorce.

no one can complain about being discriminated against by the government and frankly i don't care if anyone complains about being discriminated against by the churches.....

marriage can stay inbetween a man and a woman in most churches and can be an vow given to God. In other churches they can go ahead and do their gay marriages.

But all will have to sign on the dotted line and submit a form for their civil union...


problem solved.