I think that this is being blown way out of proportion. Society’s changing whether people like it or not, and gay marriage is a large topic in today’s society in comparison to previous time periods. Other players have kissed their girlfriend or wife before, why shouldn’t it be allowed for this football player to kiss his partner? I think that fans should respect him and his choices rather than attack him and insult him for it. Even if it is against a fan’s own choices or their religious beliefs, they could just focus on the football rather than a player’s sexuality, which doesn’t affect a person’s playing level despite what the stereotypes say. I think that this football player should be allowed to kiss his partner on television because it really doesn’t affect or harm anyone. If he was promoting things such as drugs or alcohol abuse that would be a different story. But in this situation what is he promoting? Love? I don’t understand why the fans are having such a big problem with this, but I think that it’s okay for Michael Sam to kiss another man on television.
Well, I don’t have a problem with this. Michael Sam kissing his boyfriend after he got drafted is the same as other professional football players kissing their girlfriends or wives. There really isn’t a difference. Also, if this bothers people, then they should just keep their comments to themselves instead of posting them all over social media sites. Seriously, just let them be happy and enjoy the moment instead of ruining it. The other thing that bothers me is that Don Jones from the Miami Dolphins team had to be talked to about his comments on social media by his coach. Everyone pays more attention to famous people’s statuses so there should be positive things posted. Anyways, you would think that he could make his own decisions about what he should be saying. Still, I don’t think that people should be making a big deal out of this. I’m glad that several people stood up for them and that they didn’t appear to let these negative comments bring them down.
I really do not have a problem with people if they are gay or straight. The part that I have a problem with is if they are gay, that they will make it such a big deal and have it be public. I personally do not want to see other guys kissing each other on TV or in person. It is kind of disgusting. I think that as a pro athlete he should carry himself in a professional manner and not be making his life style part of his career. Congratulations for being the first gay football paler to be drafted but I do not congratulate you for kissing another guy in front of news casters and ESPN. I also do not think that the Miami player should have been penalized for posting his opinion on twitter. I agree with him. If anything Michael Sam should have been penalized for the kissing as well.
I think this article is D U M B. I don't get why people care about gay marriage. If people are happy with one another then other people should just let them be happy. I just don't understand why people make such a big deal over these little things. It just really annoys me that people have to always make rude or smart comments on people’s sexuality. This professional football player should be respected no matter what if he has a wife or a boyfriend to kiss at the draft. He just experienced the moment of his lifetime and people are ruining by making comments all over social media sites. This shouldn't be such a big deal like people are making it out to be. Also when a comment was made about little kids watching the draft and seeing this gay act, so what. It is not like it promoting kids to go kiss the same sex gender, it is just telling people that it is okay to express publically.
In my opinion Michael Sam kissing his boyfriend should have no effect on people what-so-ever. I don’t understand why it matters what other people do. I think that people should look up to him because he isn’t afraid of being himself. No one would care if a man kissed his wife or girlfriend on national TV. So why does it matter if a man kisses his husband or boyfriend on national TV? Well it doesn’t. At least in my opinion it shouldn’t matter. People need to learn to stop judging other people so quickly. It honestly shouldn’t matter if someone is gay or straight or bi sexual. People need to get over it. Everyone is different, but society doesn’t like to accept different things. Eventually maybe people will learn to accept others for who they are. In my opinion I have mad respect for Michael Sam. He has the guts to stand up in front of the world and be who he is. And that alone deserves mad respect.
I personally believe people making a huge deal over this topic are absolutely terrible. People shouldn’t be looked down on because of their sexuality. There is a large group of people who really don’t mind lesbians, but once a gay man comes out it’s literally the end of the world. I don’t know why people take things so serious when it has nothing to do with them. This has always been a serious problem is this society but I personally believe that they should keep their opinions to themselves. If someone wants to be gay, let them be. It shouldn’t bother you because it’s not even affecting you. I just think people are taking this to the extreme because he’s a famous football player. But either way, it shouldn’t affect anyone who has no control over it. They shouldn’t be miserable and unhappy because they can’t come out and tell people that they are gay and then all of a sudden everyone looks down on them. I just believe people should just mind their own business and not bother trying to control someone else’s lives.
I think is taken way out of proportion. I have no idea why people are making a huge deal over this. This is not even a big deal. What Michael Sam and his boyfriend is nobody’s business. This is also stupid because they are making a big deal out of him being the first openly gay athlete in the NFL. Why does it matter if he is the first openly gay player or not? Unless this situation impacts you directly who cares? I personally have seen way too much about this situation. All I have seen lately on ESPN is the whole Michael Sam problem. I personally do not like seeing Michael Sam kissing his boyfriend but I would not keep talking about it or posting about it. Though I do not like seeing it does not mean I would think lower of him i still look at him being a talented football player who was drafted in the NFL.
Something to consider about this whole thing is that, as a country, we’ve only been running ourselves for around three hundred years. I mean, when you think of America you think of its prosperity, its promise of freedom, its opportunity. In those three hundred years we’ve become a Super Power, we’ve integrated and made equal, we’ve protected our citizen’s rights and those rights that belong to other nations. We’ve fought for what we believe in. We’ve invented new technology to further our nations progress towards the future. We’re educated and knowledgeable about math and sciences and literature. But we’ve only been a nation for about three hundred years. All in all, this type of story shouldn’t be surprising. Our progress is fast, but there are still those that are racist and discriminate. That there are negative reactions to two grown men kissing, one of which is an NFL draft, is normal. This is a time in which being a homosexual is debatable. Should gays be allowed to get married? Should gays have the same rights as those who aren’t? Is the morality of it right? The line between it gets blurred so easily. What is right and wrong? Recently there was also a problem, I believe, with the NBA. Donald Sterling made some racist comments in private and has been fined for it as well as had to face a number of other repercussions. While these acts of discrimination are not acceptable, something else to wonder about is freedom of speech. Don’t we have a right to our opinion? Sterling may be racist and his comments should be considered unacceptable, but doesn’t he have a right to express his dislike? What does it matter what he thinks? Similarly, I’m all for gay marriage and gay rights. Love is love. I have no problem with those two men kissing; it’s what they’re into. I don’t necessarily have to like it, but that’s their belief. But why do we have problems with people who express opinions that may differ from our own? Why is it okay to push gay rights but not okay to not? As for Sterling, he came from a different time and a different set of beliefs. If he expresses racist comments, he’s not the only one. It’s a shame, for sure, that he thinks that way—but those kinds of thoughts have been around long before him. He was expressing his beliefs and opinions (terrible opinions, but an opinion nonetheless). Michael Sam and his boyfriend expressed their beliefs in a kiss. Don Jones expressed his in a tweet. Why do we not question Michael Sam’s beliefs if we’re going to question Don Jones’? To me, people are people and love is love. We may not believe with Jones’ and Sterling’s discrimination against the beliefs that our country is moving towards, but as I stated earlier: we’ve only been a nation for three hundred years. Those opinions have been around long before the modern ones we’re moving towards. Eventually those modern opinions that we’re moving towards will become the status quo and the past will stay in the past. No matter what, though, these issues will be debatable. What it comes down to is our rights. What rights have we to our opinions?
I feel like this whole issue is being taking way out of control. Not from the media, but from the people defending him. Everyone has heard of a bandwagon, and that’s pretty much what’s going on here. People are joining the Michael Sam bandwagon. There are a lot of people defending him when they have never actually cared about topics like this, and same for the other side. People are saying how it’s awful and that they don’t want to see this kind of stuff, but they have not ever said anything about this before. The majority of the people who are talking about this usually don’t care about this kind of topic, but they pick sides and decide to go with what their friends are. The main problem here is people make stuff their business that shouldn't be their business. Everyone should learn to worry about themselves and their choices rather than other people’s choices.
I don’t get why people are judgmental of others. Who cares if Michael Sam is openly gay? Who cares if he was kissing his boyfriend on TV? If he’s happy, leave him be. I don’t get why players, past and present are judging him on that. If anything judge him on how good his skills are on the football field. If someone has to be judged judge them on their character, if they are a good person or a bad person, not on if they’re gay or straight. I see this as a big milestone for the NFL as Michael Sam is the first openly gay player to be drafted in the NFL. I think that Michael Sam will be a role model for a lot of people and give people the courage to be happy with themselves and express themselves. I think Michael Sam will make an impact on the field this year for the St. Louis Rams. I don’t get why people have to judge others on who they are and why society is the way it is.
I think that this is being blown way out of proportion. Society’s changing whether people like it or not, and gay marriage is a large topic in today’s society in comparison to previous time periods. Other players have kissed their girlfriend or wife before, why shouldn’t it be allowed for this football player to kiss his partner? I think that fans should respect him and his choices rather than attack him and insult him for it. Even if it is against a fan’s own choices or their religious beliefs, they could just focus on the football rather than a player’s sexuality, which doesn’t affect a person’s playing level despite what the stereotypes say. I think that this football player should be allowed to kiss his partner on television because it really doesn’t affect or harm anyone. If he was promoting things such as drugs or alcohol abuse that would be a different story. But in this situation what is he promoting? Love? I don’t understand why the fans are having such a big problem with this, but I think that it’s okay for Michael Sam to kiss another man on television.
ReplyDeleteWell, I don’t have a problem with this. Michael Sam kissing his boyfriend after he got drafted is the same as other professional football players kissing their girlfriends or wives. There really isn’t a difference. Also, if this bothers people, then they should just keep their comments to themselves instead of posting them all over social media sites. Seriously, just let them be happy and enjoy the moment instead of ruining it. The other thing that bothers me is that Don Jones from the Miami Dolphins team had to be talked to about his comments on social media by his coach. Everyone pays more attention to famous people’s statuses so there should be positive things posted. Anyways, you would think that he could make his own decisions about what he should be saying. Still, I don’t think that people should be making a big deal out of this. I’m glad that several people stood up for them and that they didn’t appear to let these negative comments bring them down.
ReplyDeleteI really do not have a problem with people if they are gay or straight. The part that I have a problem with is if they are gay, that they will make it such a big deal and have it be public. I personally do not want to see other guys kissing each other on TV or in person. It is kind of disgusting. I think that as a pro athlete he should carry himself in a professional manner and not be making his life style part of his career. Congratulations for being the first gay football paler to be drafted but I do not congratulate you for kissing another guy in front of news casters and ESPN. I also do not think that the Miami player should have been penalized for posting his opinion on twitter. I agree with him. If anything Michael Sam should have been penalized for the kissing as well.
ReplyDeleteI think this article is D U M B. I don't get why people care about gay marriage. If people are happy with one another then other people should just let them be happy. I just don't understand why people make such a big deal over these little things. It just really annoys me that people have to always make rude or smart comments on people’s sexuality. This professional football player should be respected no matter what if he has a wife or a boyfriend to kiss at the draft. He just experienced the moment of his lifetime and people are ruining by making comments all over social media sites. This shouldn't be such a big deal like people are making it out to be. Also when a comment was made about little kids watching the draft and seeing this gay act, so what. It is not like it promoting kids to go kiss the same sex gender, it is just telling people that it is okay to express publically.
ReplyDeleteIn my opinion Michael Sam kissing his boyfriend should have no effect on people what-so-ever. I don’t understand why it matters what other people do. I think that people should look up to him because he isn’t afraid of being himself. No one would care if a man kissed his wife or girlfriend on national TV. So why does it matter if a man kisses his husband or boyfriend on national TV? Well it doesn’t. At least in my opinion it shouldn’t matter. People need to learn to stop judging other people so quickly. It honestly shouldn’t matter if someone is gay or straight or bi sexual. People need to get over it. Everyone is different, but society doesn’t like to accept different things. Eventually maybe people will learn to accept others for who they are. In my opinion I have mad respect for Michael Sam. He has the guts to stand up in front of the world and be who he is. And that alone deserves mad respect.
ReplyDeleteI personally believe people making a huge deal over this topic are absolutely terrible. People shouldn’t be looked down on because of their sexuality. There is a large group of people who really don’t mind lesbians, but once a gay man comes out it’s literally the end of the world. I don’t know why people take things so serious when it has nothing to do with them. This has always been a serious problem is this society but I personally believe that they should keep their opinions to themselves. If someone wants to be gay, let them be. It shouldn’t bother you because it’s not even affecting you. I just think people are taking this to the extreme because he’s a famous football player. But either way, it shouldn’t affect anyone who has no control over it. They shouldn’t be miserable and unhappy because they can’t come out and tell people that they are gay and then all of a sudden everyone looks down on them. I just believe people should just mind their own business and not bother trying to control someone else’s lives.
ReplyDeleteI think is taken way out of proportion. I have no idea why people are making a huge deal over this. This is not even a big deal. What Michael Sam and his boyfriend is nobody’s business. This is also stupid because they are making a big deal out of him being the first openly gay athlete in the NFL. Why does it matter if he is the first openly gay player or not? Unless this situation impacts you directly who cares? I personally have seen way too much about this situation. All I have seen lately on ESPN is the whole Michael Sam problem. I personally do not like seeing Michael Sam kissing his boyfriend but I would not keep talking about it or posting about it. Though I do not like seeing it does not mean I would think lower of him i still look at him being a talented football player who was drafted in the NFL.
ReplyDeleteSomething to consider about this whole thing is that, as a country, we’ve only been running ourselves for around three hundred years. I mean, when you think of America you think of its prosperity, its promise of freedom, its opportunity. In those three hundred years we’ve become a Super Power, we’ve integrated and made equal, we’ve protected our citizen’s rights and those rights that belong to other nations. We’ve fought for what we believe in. We’ve invented new technology to further our nations progress towards the future. We’re educated and knowledgeable about math and sciences and literature.
ReplyDeleteBut we’ve only been a nation for about three hundred years.
All in all, this type of story shouldn’t be surprising. Our progress is fast, but there are still those that are racist and discriminate. That there are negative reactions to two grown men kissing, one of which is an NFL draft, is normal. This is a time in which being a homosexual is debatable. Should gays be allowed to get married? Should gays have the same rights as those who aren’t? Is the morality of it right?
The line between it gets blurred so easily. What is right and wrong?
Recently there was also a problem, I believe, with the NBA. Donald Sterling made some racist comments in private and has been fined for it as well as had to face a number of other repercussions.
While these acts of discrimination are not acceptable, something else to wonder about is freedom of speech. Don’t we have a right to our opinion? Sterling may be racist and his comments should be considered unacceptable, but doesn’t he have a right to express his dislike? What does it matter what he thinks? Similarly, I’m all for gay marriage and gay rights. Love is love. I have no problem with those two men kissing; it’s what they’re into. I don’t necessarily have to like it, but that’s their belief. But why do we have problems with people who express opinions that may differ from our own?
Why is it okay to push gay rights but not okay to not?
As for Sterling, he came from a different time and a different set of beliefs. If he expresses racist comments, he’s not the only one. It’s a shame, for sure, that he thinks that way—but those kinds of thoughts have been around long before him. He was expressing his beliefs and opinions (terrible opinions, but an opinion nonetheless).
Michael Sam and his boyfriend expressed their beliefs in a kiss.
Don Jones expressed his in a tweet.
Why do we not question Michael Sam’s beliefs if we’re going to question Don Jones’?
To me, people are people and love is love. We may not believe with Jones’ and Sterling’s discrimination against the beliefs that our country is moving towards, but as I stated earlier: we’ve only been a nation for three hundred years. Those opinions have been around long before the modern ones we’re moving towards. Eventually those modern opinions that we’re moving towards will become the status quo and the past will stay in the past. No matter what, though, these issues will be debatable. What it comes down to is our rights. What rights have we to our opinions?
I feel like this whole issue is being taking way out of control. Not from the media, but from the people defending him. Everyone has heard of a bandwagon, and that’s pretty much what’s going on here. People are joining the Michael Sam bandwagon. There are a lot of people defending him when they have never actually cared about topics like this, and same for the other side. People are saying how it’s awful and that they don’t want to see this kind of stuff, but they have not ever said anything about this before. The majority of the people who are talking about this usually don’t care about this kind of topic, but they pick sides and decide to go with what their friends are. The main problem here is people make stuff their business that shouldn't be their business. Everyone should learn to worry about themselves and their choices rather than other people’s choices.
ReplyDeleteI don’t get why people are judgmental of others. Who cares if Michael Sam is openly gay? Who cares if he was kissing his boyfriend on TV? If he’s happy, leave him be. I don’t get why players, past and present are judging him on that. If anything judge him on how good his skills are on the football field. If someone has to be judged judge them on their character, if they are a good person or a bad person, not on if they’re gay or straight. I see this as a big milestone for the NFL as Michael Sam is the first openly gay player to be drafted in the NFL. I think that Michael Sam will be a role model for a lot of people and give people the courage to be happy with themselves and express themselves. I think Michael Sam will make an impact on the field this year for the St. Louis Rams. I don’t get why people have to judge others on who they are and why society is the way it is.
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