Something of a history: the LGBT movement in hockey

[slumber]

I know very few of you are into hockey, but I know I've got a flist made up of pretty much all the colors of the rainbow, so I thought you might be interested in something that's been going on in hockey fandom about the LGBT movement. I was actually going to copy&paste a post that someone had made on the latest development, but then I realized that

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[slumber]

Yeah. I'm glad people are supporting gay marriage, and I'm baffled that Reynolds ever thought it was a good idea to say that.

[slumber]

I think you're right about Ryan Johnson. I vaguely remember something about it, though I don't really remember where I read that from now.

[slumber]

Same here. The next step, I think, is getting bigger names behind the cause.

[carlyinrome]

Thanks for posting this. I'm a hockey fan and, you know, mostly gay, and I really haven't been following this, so I really appreciate your taking the time to recap everything.

[slumber]

My flist is funny. I knew about the mostly gay part, but I feel like you've been in the closet about being a hockey fan to me! :P I never knew that, actually! Which team do you root for?

(And you're welcome. I'm happy to.)

[carlyinrome]

I'm kind of like the lapsed Christian who only goes to church on Christmas and Easter; usually I only get excited about playoffs or the Olympics, though I love live hockey. I'm a Rangers fan, by birth.

[slumber]

Haha, that makes sense. Live hockey is the best thing ever. :) And I wanted the Rangers to beat the Capitals.

[caitlin]

I've always said that the "sanctity of marriage" argument holds no water (solid or otherwise) with me because no one seems to bat an eyelash when Britney Spears was married for 55 hours, or when Larry King or Elizabeth Taylor marry 8 times or more...

If two people (regardless of gender) are happy, and want to get married... why stop them?

And, really, Canada has had same sex marriage for 8 years now... Aside from the Conservatives regaining a Majority Government this last election, nothing bad's happened to them. ;)

Iowa... gay marriage for a few years now... nothing bad happened... aside from Terry Brandstad. ;)

As for Uptown Hockey... yeah, personal tweets on a business twitter account is not something that is wise, regardless of the opinion.

[slumber]

Yeah, and if the argument is because straight people can procreate and build families, then why don't we disallow infertile straight couples from marrying? And it isn't like gay people can't use surrogates or adopt, which many straight couples are doing right now as well. It's just a moot point.

[slumber]

To an extent, yes, people should be able to voice their opinions. But to another extent, until when can we say it's okay that they do this at the expense on stepping on other people's rights?

I actually get his tweets sent to my phone, and that's how I first found out about it. I wondered why he had tweeted about supporting gay marriage, looked at @NortonSports' tweets, and the rest is history. FTR, I was surprised he even touched the issue.

[slumber]

he has the right to say what he wants, but I have the right to say he's an asshole.

Yep. He's an a-hole. Did you read the post Justin Bourne had in his own blog? He called out one of Elliotte Friedman's 30 Thoughts (and I do love his 30 Thoughts normally).

Argh, and I forgot to add--it's unconfirmed, but someone mentioned it had been Justin Bourne's It's time to end the use of gay slurs in hockey article that inspired Brendan Burke to come out in the first place, apparently?