Post by Logan on Apr 21, 2016 16:17:01 GMT -6
Michael Sam: Missouri’s religious objections bill 'the opposite of equality'
JEFFERSON CITY - Michael Sam, the first openly gay NFL draftee, slammed a Missouri measure that would shield some businesses that deny services for same-sex weddings, telling fellow opponents Wednesday that it is “the opposite of respect and it is the opposite of equality.”
Sam, who came out as gay before the 2014 NFL draft after starring at the University of Missouri, said the measure would make it easier than ever for people to discriminate against members of the LGBT community.
“It does not reflect the Missouri I know,” Sam told a crowd of about 80 demonstrators in the Capitol Rotunda, including some of who held signs decrying the proposal as “backward, bigoted and bad for Missouri.”
The St. Louis Rams picked Sam in the seventh round before cutting him in training camp.
Read more: www.news-leader.com/story/news/politics/2016/04/20/michael-sam-missouris-religious-objections-bill-opposite-equality/83321558/
JEFFERSON CITY - Michael Sam, the first openly gay NFL draftee, slammed a Missouri measure that would shield some businesses that deny services for same-sex weddings, telling fellow opponents Wednesday that it is “the opposite of respect and it is the opposite of equality.”
Sam, who came out as gay before the 2014 NFL draft after starring at the University of Missouri, said the measure would make it easier than ever for people to discriminate against members of the LGBT community.
“It does not reflect the Missouri I know,” Sam told a crowd of about 80 demonstrators in the Capitol Rotunda, including some of who held signs decrying the proposal as “backward, bigoted and bad for Missouri.”
The St. Louis Rams picked Sam in the seventh round before cutting him in training camp.
Read more: www.news-leader.com/story/news/politics/2016/04/20/michael-sam-missouris-religious-objections-bill-opposite-equality/83321558/