<sigh...> so this has been going on for 5 pages, eh? i knew their would be plenty of people here willing to stand up for bigotry. i know he has the "right" to express himself as a bigoted a-hole, but it's up the chiefs to decide what their values are as an organization. if they don't want their players expressing bigotry in public they should sit them down. any employer has the same right.
every time a thread like this pops up, the only thing it proves is that homophobia is still a socially acceptable form of bigotry for most. i hoped i would live to see the day that would no longer be true...but in a country where the dolchstoss right still have their hand around the throat of the mass media, i don't have much hope.