So Why Did Michael Sam Kiss His Boyfriend in Front of the Cameras When He Was Drafted?
Since we were talking about an economic lesson from the NFL draft last week, I saw a photo of the first openly gay pro football player, Michael Sam, kissing his boyfriend after Sam was drafted. I was immediately struck by the fact that he did this in front of cameras. The photo was perfectly framed. I couldn't remember anyone else who was drafted kissing their girlfriends in front of cameras, certainly not a perfectly framed photo like this. So why did Sam and his boyfriend kiss in front of the cameras?
And in case you think that the cameras just happened to catch this "tender" moment, you can disabuse yourself of that notion. That photo wasn't an accident. Besides the obviously perfectly framed photo, just a smidgeon of reason and common sense added to my personal experience with the whole "gay" thing allows me to assert this. Here's a slice of that personal experience.
When "gay marriage" was legislated in New York, my home state, the most curious thing occurred while I and my family were attending a performance at the Met Opera. During the intermissions between the first and second and the second and third acts, two young men, dressed to the nines, were cooing and smooching in front of everyone. To say their behavior grabbed people's attention would be an understatement.
Of course, this being New York, it's not like people stared, mumbled, pointed, or indicated that anything out of the ordinary was going on. We New Yorkers would probably continue doing whatever we're doing if a nuclear explosion interrupted the intermission. It's just how you act in the Big Apple. Nothing affects us enough to actually cause us to pause, notice, or be taken aback. If you're not sure why this is the case, you have to live here all your life, or at least spend some time here. Then you'll understand.
In any case, despite the lack of reaction, you just know I wasn't the only person who was distracted in some way by these displays of homosexual affection. And if there was any doubt that this was a "staged" demonstration, the kissing that took place ended that doubt. The fact is, a statement was being made by this "couple." And they weren't just doing this spontaneously. It was an act. Chances are, they were put up to it by whatever gay organization or organizations they belong to. How do I know? Simple. When we go to the Met, we usually get seats in the "Family Circle" which is all the way up there in the top balcony. Typically five or six of us go - as a family - and it costs a lot if you're paying Orchestra rates - and I mean a LOT. So the people in the Family Circle typically aren't dressed in tuxes or $1,000 suits. These guys were. Just their clothes alone marked them as "out of place."
I can only assume the purpose for this "in your face" behavior was to let all of know that now that gay couples are presumed to be somehow just like the rest of us couples, they will now feel free to physically display their affection anyplace anytime. No more restricting that stuff to areas where lots of gays live or socialize.
And that's what the Michael Sam kissing thing was all about, folks. It was another step in the program to inure the vast numbers of us who find such public displays unacceptable - to put in mildly. And, sure enough, I've seen more and more male-only and female-only couples walking about hand in hand, arm in arm...well you get the picture.
It's all part of a plan to make sure that with the passing of legislation allowing "gay marriage" we all accept the whole package of the gay "lifestyle" - without comment, criticism, and - most certainly - without any disapproval. Forget the days when some of us let people do whatever they did behind closed doors and left it at that. That's not good enough for these folks. The doors have been thrown open, with, I suspect, more to come. What that "more" might be, I don't really want to get into now. All I'll say now is: Brace yourself.
And in case you think that the cameras just happened to catch this "tender" moment, you can disabuse yourself of that notion. That photo wasn't an accident. Besides the obviously perfectly framed photo, just a smidgeon of reason and common sense added to my personal experience with the whole "gay" thing allows me to assert this. Here's a slice of that personal experience.
When "gay marriage" was legislated in New York, my home state, the most curious thing occurred while I and my family were attending a performance at the Met Opera. During the intermissions between the first and second and the second and third acts, two young men, dressed to the nines, were cooing and smooching in front of everyone. To say their behavior grabbed people's attention would be an understatement.
Of course, this being New York, it's not like people stared, mumbled, pointed, or indicated that anything out of the ordinary was going on. We New Yorkers would probably continue doing whatever we're doing if a nuclear explosion interrupted the intermission. It's just how you act in the Big Apple. Nothing affects us enough to actually cause us to pause, notice, or be taken aback. If you're not sure why this is the case, you have to live here all your life, or at least spend some time here. Then you'll understand.
In any case, despite the lack of reaction, you just know I wasn't the only person who was distracted in some way by these displays of homosexual affection. And if there was any doubt that this was a "staged" demonstration, the kissing that took place ended that doubt. The fact is, a statement was being made by this "couple." And they weren't just doing this spontaneously. It was an act. Chances are, they were put up to it by whatever gay organization or organizations they belong to. How do I know? Simple. When we go to the Met, we usually get seats in the "Family Circle" which is all the way up there in the top balcony. Typically five or six of us go - as a family - and it costs a lot if you're paying Orchestra rates - and I mean a LOT. So the people in the Family Circle typically aren't dressed in tuxes or $1,000 suits. These guys were. Just their clothes alone marked them as "out of place."
I can only assume the purpose for this "in your face" behavior was to let all of know that now that gay couples are presumed to be somehow just like the rest of us couples, they will now feel free to physically display their affection anyplace anytime. No more restricting that stuff to areas where lots of gays live or socialize.
And that's what the Michael Sam kissing thing was all about, folks. It was another step in the program to inure the vast numbers of us who find such public displays unacceptable - to put in mildly. And, sure enough, I've seen more and more male-only and female-only couples walking about hand in hand, arm in arm...well you get the picture.
It's all part of a plan to make sure that with the passing of legislation allowing "gay marriage" we all accept the whole package of the gay "lifestyle" - without comment, criticism, and - most certainly - without any disapproval. Forget the days when some of us let people do whatever they did behind closed doors and left it at that. That's not good enough for these folks. The doors have been thrown open, with, I suspect, more to come. What that "more" might be, I don't really want to get into now. All I'll say now is: Brace yourself.
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