Common Folk Collective » michael sam http://commonfolkcollective.com/blog Common Folk Doing Uncommon Things Tue, 15 Mar 2016 17:08:24 +0000 en-US hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.9 And What Does a Real Man Look Like? http://commonfolkcollective.com/blog/2014/02/and-what-does-a-real-man-look-like/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=and-what-does-a-real-man-look-like http://commonfolkcollective.com/blog/2014/02/and-what-does-a-real-man-look-like/#comments Mon, 10 Feb 2014 18:01:38 +0000 http://commonfolkcollective.com/blog/?p=5279 1392037091765.cached

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Michael Sam is set to be the first openly gay player in the NFL next fall, assuming the Four Horsemen don’t appear and he doesn’t get drafted. Sam was SEC Defensive Player of the Year and first-team All American in 2013.

So, I begrudgingly give him whole-hearted support and admiration. Why begrudgingly? Because it’s sad that it still takes so much courage simply to admit who you are, it should be a non-issue. Hopefully more and more people like Sam will keep bravely standing up for themselves and almost as important, that people will continue to support him and others until sexual orientation is accepted across the board.

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