Players’ Support of Gay Marriage Alters N.F.L. Image

The title of this post is taken from a story in the NY Times.  It is a great illustration about how rapidly the times they are a changing.

First, a Baltimore Ravens player made a video in support of the same-sex marriage initiative that will be on the ballot in Maryland in November, and posted it on YouTube. Actually, he made and posted the video last year, but it apparently only recently caught the attention of a Maryland state legislator who opposes gay marriage. Perhaps he is just a little slow.

Second, the legislator sent a letter to the owner of the Ravens in late August urging him to (somehow)  “inhibit such expressions from your employee and that he be ordered to cease and desist such injurious actions.”  Yes, you read that right.

Third, the punter for the Minnesota Vikings learned of the legislator's letter (much more quickly than the retarded legislator learned of the video, it might be noted) and sent him a great "profanity-laced response," as the staid NY Times called it, and then sent it to Deadspin.com.  It is so delightfully profanity-laced, and is exactly like some on the letters you might have composed in your mind, and then thought better about. Fortunately, this player didn't think better about it, gawd bless him. Please go and read it.