Baltimore Ravens linebacker Brendon Ayanbadejo has spoken out in favor of a Maryland ballot initiative that would legalize gay marriage. Yahoo has published a letter that Maryland state delegate Emmett C. Burns Jr. wrote last week to Ravens owner Steve Bisciotti, urging him to "inhibit such expressions from your employee." This is Minnesota Vikings punter Chris Kluwe's response to Burns.
As indicated, this is an NFL player responding to a politician. However, I don't really believe that this is actually the case. Oh, sure, he may be addressing Burns directly, but I don't believe that this is his target audience. Rather, I'd say he is targeting the prototypical NFL fan. This type of letter -- both in terms of style and substance -- will almost certainly not influence a politician. Its form will likely not influence a middleaged house wife... or a similar house husband for that matter. However, its language is very much music to the ears of a young, male, and wanting-to-be-macho NFL fan. And many of these young men will see this letter as sports media and social media spread the word. This type of support may move the moral compass of these fans just a bit more in a positive direction. I hope so.
Well done Mr. Kluwe and bravo Mr. Ayanbadejo.
A word of warning, the letter does contain adult language. And it contains this sort of verbage that is both funny and spot-on:
I can assure you that gay people getting married will have zero effect on your life. They won't come into your house and steal your children. They won't magically turn you into a lustful cockmonster.I can only assume that "Lustfull Cockmonster" will be someone's Twitter handle very soon. LOL
11 September 2012
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