Support a gay NBA player, have your church appearance cancelled

[IndieSnob]

So called tolerance at its finest.

In not so surprising news....

Butler recently tweeted that the church apologized for the incident and thanked him “for not releasing the church name.”

Personally I think he should name the church.

http://religion.blogs.cnn.com/2013/05/02/ex-nfl-players-support-for-gay-nba-player-apparently-costs-him-church-appearance/?hpt=hp_t5

LeRoy Butler, a former safety for the Green Bay Packers, is one of many professional athletes to tweet support for Jason Collins, the NBA player who came out as gay this week.

“Congrats to Jason Collins,” Butler tweeted April 29, the day Collins came out in a Sports Illustrated cover story.

But Butler says the four-word tweet cost him a speaking appearance at a Wisconsin church.

He was scheduled to speak at the church (whose name he has not revealed) about bullying and his new book, "The LeRoy Butler Story: From Wheelchair to the Lambeau Leap." That was until the church, according to Butler, told him he was no longer welcome because of his tweet in support of Collins.

"The pastor called me and that's when we got into the old, the whole religion thing about gay people and things of that nature and the conversation just went back and forth for us a couple of minutes," Butler told Anderson Cooper on Thursday.

After the exchange with the pastor, Butler took to twitter to express his frustration.

Wow, I was schedule to speak at a church in WI, and a member said that the pastor wants to cancel my event, I said ok why?

Then I was told, because I said congrats to Jason Collins on twitter, I said really? we have a contract, he said check the moral cause,

FYI the fee was 8500$,then I was told if i removed the tweet, and apologize and ask god forgiveness, I can have the event, I said no,


Butler later tweeted that “some parents went to the church and complained about my tweet” supporting Collins. The church, according to Butler, said that if the football player apologized, he would be allowed to speak.

"They basically said this, if you apologize, ask God for forgiveness and remove the tweet, you'll be able to do this speaking engagement with the kids," he said. "I won't do that. That's taking my dignity and respect away."

He continued: "I told the pastor, blame it on my mom because my mom brought me up to love everybody."

Butler recently tweeted that the church apologized for the incident and thanked him “for not releasing the church name.”

Butler played 11 years, from 1990 to 2001, with the Packers and helped them win a Super Bowl in 1997. He was a four-time All-Pro selection, the highest honor for a year of work in the NFL, and is credited with inventing the Lambeau Leap, the iconic touchdown celebration in which a Packer leaps into the Lambeau Field stands to celebrate with fans.

As for Butler's stance on gay athletes in professional sports, he said they have "support from straight guys like me that won't judge them."

"If we win a Super Bowl ring, I don't care who you bring to the ring ceremony, I just want to win the ring," Butler said. "That's what it's all about. ... Isn't that what it's all about? Winning the championship? Not who is in my bed when I turn the lights out."

Since retiring, Butler has been active in the Green Bay community, and his Facebook page chronicles appearances and speeches he has given to churches in the area.

 

[islandman]

Comedy is a church ashamed of its beliefs and so much so that it's thankful for not being named.

 

[IndieSnob]

Comedy is a church ashamed of its beliefs and so much so that it's thankful for not being named.

Yep.

Oh hey, thanks for not letting everyone know that we're bigoted, really appreciate that!

 

[Wrong Element]

Sounds like Butler was given the right values by his mother.

I hope the kids that won't get to hear from him now are so lucky.

 

[eyer]

Something tells me none of you would be similarly pseudo-disgusted if a local Planned Parenthood cancelled a guest speaker after they learned that speaker had texted support to a pro-lifer...

 

[IrezumiKiss]

Something tells me none of you would be similarly pseudo-disgusted if a local Planned Parenthood cancelled a guest speaker after they learned that speaker had texted support to a pro-lifer...

This pussy-assed deflection is just about as pussy-assed as the church that canceled Butler's contracted appearance due to adherence to faith but not enough adherence to faith to stand by its Godly convictions with its own fucking name.

Pussies be everywhere. And never the good kind, too.

 

[IndieSnob]

Something tells me none of you would be similarly pseudo-disgusted if a local Planned Parenthood cancelled a guest speaker after they learned that speaker had texted support to a pro-lifer...

Stupid analogy, try again.

 

[eyer]

Stupid analogy, try again.

Actually, it's a most excellent analogy...

...your subjectivity just blinds you.

 

[KyleW]

Actually, it's a most excellent analogy...

...your subjectivity just blinds you.

Do you have an opinion on the church's decision? Or is the goal to direct this thread into a discussion of WHAT IF scenarios?

 

[eyer]

Support a pro-lifer, have your Planned Parenthood appearance cancelled...

...yep - a perfect analogy.

 

[IrezumiKiss]

Careful, Kyle. This is how Eyer starts his flirt game on. Just yap yap yap yap yap with boo'shit thinkin' he's got the right of way on a one-way street.

Seen it being done too many times. He ain't gon' stop until he gets his nut off iffin' ya let 'im.

 

[IndieSnob]

I'll give you props for at least not using statist in your post.

 

[Beco]

Big fucking deal ! So he got his speaking engagement canceled, why is this so outrageous?

 

[eyer]

Do you have an opinion on the church's decision?

If you weren't so biasedly intolerant, my opinion would be clear to you:

I couldn't care any less if a local church cancels a speaker for whatever reasons they desire...

...any less, in fact, than if a local Planned Parenthood does exactly the same.

busybody would've made a thread about the latter...

...you bozos make a thread about the former.

Capice?

 

[IrezumiKiss]

^^^

Told ya he'd get his flirt game on.

Sayin' nothing but gotta say something.

yap yap yap yap yap yap yap...

 

[BotanyBoy]

Big fucking deal ! So he got his speaking engagement canceled, why is this so outrageous?

Because it wasn't PC and the meanie police are out in droves.

 

[ms_ann_thrope]

To be fair, in a world where there are radical crazies on both extremes of every polarizing issue, it's best to shield yourself from repercussions the best you can.

 

[Beco]

Because it wasn't PC and the meanie police are out in droves.

We don't all have to hold hands and sing kumbaya......good god

 

[Morwen]

Nobody who owns billions and billions of dollars gives a fuck if some NBA player is gay, but they do like the distraction from the fact that they ran martial law in Boston or they are going to provoke a war in Syria.

 

[Beco]

Nobody who owns billions and billions of dollars gives a fuck if some NBA player is gay, but they do like the distraction from the fact that they ran martial law in Boston or they are going to provoke a war in Syria.

provoke? FYI, Syria is being taken apart from about 8 different factions....maybe 9 now that Israel just bombed them last night....

 

[Morwen]

provoke? FYI, Syria is being taken apart from about 8 different factions....maybe 9 now that Israel just bombed them last night....

Taken apart by Al Quaeda murderers under the pay of your government.

You are even buying oil from them.

 

[RjThoughts]

Nobody who owns billions and billions of dollars gives a fuck if some NBA player is gay, but they do like the distraction from the fact that they ran martial law in Boston or they are going to provoke a war in Syria.

Martial law in Boston? I'd love to see the proof, please.