I honestly think he might be stretching the scriptures to fit what he wanted to find. He basically says you can be gay (and sinless as a christian) because God condemns the permiscuous lifestyle and not a loving consentual relationship.

Your ignorance is showing.  Did you choose to be heterosexual, you know, since sexuality seems to be a choice, in your head.  No, you've just always liked girls and you never had to make a choice, right?  Well homosexual people didn't make a choice either, they have always been attracted to their own gender.  Try be a little more understanding of others.

I applaud all the positive reactions to his coming out. But the negative side shouldn't just ignored, we should be able to share our opinion about Broussard.

Don't try to judge me off of that post. Because you are completely wrong about me.

When did I state that gays made a choice to be gay? When did it look like I was trying to be ignorant? Seriously, just stop. Someone tried to define me before and they also were very wrong.

It's not that simple.

The significance and weight of a certain Bible passage depends on several factors (what's the context? who delivered the passage? who was the recipient? Is it mentioned elsewhere? is it to be taken literal or figurative? is there "a moral of the story"? how does it apply to a modern setting? etc etc).

Long story short, in christian apologetics homosexuality is given a totally different weight compared to some obscure commands given to the Israelites at a specific time in history.

True.

However, Broussard has none of those things.

So you didn't write this, "He just disagrees with what the guy has chosen.".  You state that he (ESPN guy) disagrees with his (NBA guys) choice, but there was no choice to be made.  That is the bit of ignorrance I thought I clearly explained.  You can be as accepting as you want, but you also need to understand people or the acceptence is superficial.

I agree, criticizm is never wrong (if done correctly). But this guys opinion is not going too far, and he is not bashing homosexuals or acting through bigotry like many conservative folks do. This is what's being posted everywhere:

"... Personally, I don't believe that you can live an openly homosexual lifestyle or an openly premarital sex between heterosexuals, if you're openly living that type of lifestyle, then the Bible says you know them by their fruits, it says that's a sin. If you're openly living in unrepentant sin, whatever it may be, not just homosexuality, adultery, fornication, premarital sex between heterosexuals, whatever it may be, I believe that's walking in open rebellion to God and to Jesus Christ. I would not characterize that person as a Christian because I do not think the Bible would characterize them as a Christian."

But look at the rest of the quote (which conveniently is left out of most articles):

"I'm a Christian. I don't agree with homosexuality. I think it's a sin, as I think all sex outside of marriage between a man and a woman is. [ESPN's] L.Z. [Granderson] knows that. He and I have played on basketball teams together for several years. We've gone out, had lunch together, we've had good conversations, good laughs together. He knows where I stand and I know where he stands. I don't criticize him, he doesn't criticize me, and call me a bigot, call me ignorant, call me intolerant.

"In talking to some people around the league, there's a lot Christians in the NBA and just because they disagree with that lifestyle, they don't want to be called bigoted and intolerant and things like that. That's what LZ was getting at. Just like I may tolerate someone whose lifestyle I disagree with, he can tolerate my beliefs. He disagrees with my beliefs and my lifestyle but true tolerance and acceptance is being able to handle that as mature adults and not criticize each other and call each other names."

http://sports.yahoo.com/blogs/nba-ball-dont-lie/espn-chris-broussard-clarifies-views-jason-collins-don-221941033.html

 As you can see, his opinion is not going "too far". He is actually staying true to his beliefs (notice how he also mentions pre-martial sex) and sharing his opinion as a true Christian. I think this is clearly opposite from "bigotry" or from those typical religious folks who clearly bash and harrass homosexuals. Of course we all have different opinions; I personally disagree with this guy's stance on homosexuality. But at least he is providing his point in an efficient, mature manner without being hateful. I think his view should be just as valid as the views of people who support Jason.

Hmm, he may as a part of media has influence on society pressure. But in general yes, he alone has not much power.

Oh yeah, disregard that. Poor wording on my part. I just thought that if you read my whole post you would've known that I wasn't being ignorant about the topic. (That's why I put that this video made me gag, in the beginning of my post.)