Minnesota Vikings punter, Chris Kluwe, has been released from the team and people are speculating that it may be due to his outspoken support for the LGBT community.
Kluwe has made it a point to not stay silent about the plights of the LGBT community and has been an active and very vocal advocator of their basic human rights. Thanks to this, it seems that the Vikings drafted another punter to replace him because they were sick of his outspokenness.
Though it’s possible that Kluwe was let go simply because of his age and his high salary, it’s important to note that Brendon Ayanbadejo of the Baltimore Ravens, who is also a vocal advocate for LGBT rights, was let go just a short while before. Both players are also members of Athlete Ally which is a group that works to end homophobia in sports.
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