Baltimore Ravens wide receiver Donte' Stallworth sent a series of messages from his Twitter account to support gay rights and same sex marriage, as well as criticize anti-gay politicians.
Some of the messages that Stallworth sent to his 67,000 thousand followers:
Sad that people are ridiculed for their sexual orientation in this age... and leave religion out of this, God loves ALL!!! #hyporcrites
These politicians that use religion to deter gay marriage are same ones doing dirty under the table ish & war mongering #WheresYourReligion
Wanda Sykes: "If you don't believe in same sex marriage, don't marry the same sex." #EnoughSaid
Stallworth also tweeted his support to CNN's Don Lemon, who recently came out publicly this week. "Lots of courage you have my brother... Live your life the way it makes YOU happy! @donlemoncnn #GodBless."
Stallworth is the third member of the team to publicly come out for LGBT rights and marriage equality. Former Ravens safety Will Demps voiced his support in 2006 before he was traded to Houston. Since 2009, teammate Brendon Ayanbadejo has been a vocal ally for LGBT rights and marriage equlity.
So happy that the RAVENS are my team. This is another reason to root for them this year for the SuperBowl. I don't understand why anyone would be against something that does not directly affect them in any way. That's where the question of WHY DO YOU CARE IF GAYS GET MARRIED IF YOUR NOT GOING TO BE MARRYING A GAY PERSON?
Posted by: BLACK | 18 May 2011 at 10:38
Its great to hear Donte take a stand for marriage equality, however I really wish that he would have made these statements when the legislature was trying to pass the Marriage Equality bill. Maybe his comments would have helped to sway the vote.
Hopefully he will continue to speak out when the bill comes up again next year.
Posted by: butchie | 18 May 2011 at 19:16
I really appreciate his making the connection between the opposition to gay rights, corruption (“under the table ish”), and war mongering.
The three truly do go together, and it not just coincidence.
Posted by: Jim | 18 May 2011 at 23:24
impressive. There is still a long way to go but every black professional athlete who speaks out evidences a shift in attitude in our community about this issue.
Posted by: DFS | 19 May 2011 at 12:50
"So happy that the RAVENS are my team. This is another reason to root for them this year for the SuperBowl."
That's all right, BLACK. The Eagles will be the right team to root for after this announcement comes out this summer, "I am Michael Vick, and I am a Black Gay American. I have never harmed a cat in my life. Gay people love cats."
Posted by: Derrick from Philly | 19 May 2011 at 14:56
LOL @ Derrick.
Posted by: Jim | 20 May 2011 at 01:20