Former Vikings P Chris Kluwe calls fired coach 'a coward'

86WARD · Jan 2, 2014

Chris Kluwe, writing for Deadspin, said it was his activism for same-s*x marriage rights cost him a job with Minnesota.

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Walnuts · Jan 2, 2014

It's a long read so I'm not going to repost the whole thing, but it's worth reading. There's some claims about his former ST coach and potential Vikings HC candidate Mike Priefer that I would guess are going to lead to some NFL investigations and possibly penalties.

He would ask me if I had written any letters defending "the gays" recently and denounce as disgusting the idea that two men would kiss, and he would constantly belittle or demean any idea of acceptance or tolerance. I tried to laugh these off while also responding with the notion that perhaps they were human beings who deserved to be treated as human beings. Mike Priefer also said on multiple occasions that I would wind up burning in hell with the gays, and that the only truth was Jesus Christ and the Bible.
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Near the end of November, several teammates and I were walking into a specialist meeting with Coach Priefer. We were laughing over one of the recent articles I had written supporting same-s*x marriage rights, and one of my teammates made a joking remark about me leading the Pride parade. As we sat down in our chairs, Mike Priefer, in one of the meanest voices I can ever recall hearing, said: "We should round up all the gays, send them to an island, and then nuke it until it glows." The room grew intensely quiet, and none of the players said a word for the rest of the meeting. The atmosphere was decidedly tense. I had never had an interaction that hostile with any of my teammates on this issue—some didn't agree with me, but our conversations were always civil and respectful.
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http://deadspin.com/i-was-an-nfl-player-until-i-was-fired-by-two-cowards-an-1493208214

Steve12 · Jan 2, 2014

Gotta love that god fearing Christian acceptance and love. What would the world be without it.

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