I agree with you about some things. I dont think Portland is as tolerant as you would think they are. Miami is still in a Republican state despite the fact that its sin city pt.2. I think the only other tolerant market thats like the bay is new york. Yeah the ultrarich do have a history of homosexuality. But their fanbase is what they think about. They dont want the attention that comes with hiring a openly gay guy. Or at least I dont believe they do.

in gross numbers, more than 100k, are NYC, LA, Chi, with SF a close fourth. the other places with >50k LGBT populations are Phx, Hou, SD, Dal, Sea, Bos.

looking at what portion of a city’s population is LGBT adds a couple of more places to the usual suspects — these towns also have a statistically visible part of their peoples in those groups —Atl, Minn, Sac, Den, DC.

FLA made a significant shift, going by the 2000 and 2010 census, and they were the last state to allow same gender parents to legally adopt. ‘same sex’ couple households increased by 60% acc. to the census in that decade; the other metro areas besides Mia with a statistically relevant chunk of the total metro population identified as LGBT are Orl and Tampa.

U and me both.

A lot of people are culturally/mentally conditioned to believe whats good and whats bad, and attach themselves to such a moronic ideal you really see no progression for society as a whole.

Whats the big deal about a guy kissing another guy? Or another chick grinding on another chick? We are just animals, and there are lots of other animals who have “intercourse” within the same sex of that species.

It doesn’t matter if society is ready. This is a reality and like Anonymous1337 says, people just need to deal with it.

I would have liked to see others’ responses to it.

I, for one, would say no. Ignoring how I feel about it, there’s a reason Prop 8 passed in California and why a number of other states still don’t allow gay marriage. There’s also a large population against the idea of homosexuality in general. The NBA and the individual player would receive a heavily negative response, especially initially.

and many would be loud and public. Religion and politics would get into the mix of public denunciations of ‘immoral’ public behaviour. Major league sports like to build on the myth that they unite their fans. [ Of course we know that some of the folks who are most outspoken about defending ‘x-tian’ or ‘family’ values won’t let those prohibitions get in the way of their own personal conveniences.]

 A professional athlete in a team sport has been immersed in an intense, insular subculture since childhood with defined behaviour expected from him (women athletes generally have been more open to coming out). The recurring expletive ‘faggott’ coming from male athletes doesn’t just spontaneously pop into their mouths. Things will start to change when prominent stars are open about ‘alternative sexual preferences’.

Earlier this month, the Dallas-based airline kicked off Green Day’s lead man Billie Joe Armstrong for wearing his pants too low. The Grammy winner was escorted off a plane after failing to follow a flight attendant’s directive to pull the pants up.

Southwest also removed director Kevin Smith from a flight last year because he didn’t fit properly in a single seat. His first tweet read, “Dear (at)SouthwestAir I know I’m fat, but was (the) captain (…) really justified in throwing me off a flight for which I was already seated?”

There having their issues, not just with a kissing gay couple.

Ok, but what view would he flip flop from on this hire? We were clearly talking about his faith and how it perceivably can conflict with the hire due Welts’ sexual orientation.