Pro-Gay NFL Player Says ‘Cockmonster’ In Best Letter Ever Written To An Anti-Gay Lawmaker

A Mississippi-born 72-year old Maryland state lawmaker and Baltimore Baptist Minister used his office — and official office stationary — to possibly violate the First Amendment of the U.S. Constitution by writing a letter to the owner of the NFL’s Baltimore Ravens, Steve Bisciotti, attacking one of his football player’s support of same-sex marriage and a Maryland ballot initiative that will legalize marriage equality.

Maryland Delegate Emmett C. Burns — a Democrat who in February unleashed an exhaustive diatribe (excerpt, below,) against same-sex marriage that is all but impossible to believe it was spoken in the 21st century — demanded Raven’s owner Bisciotti “take the necessary actions… to inhibit such expressions from your employees and that he be ordered to cease and desist such injurious actions,” adding, “I know of no other NFL player who has done what Mr. Ayanbadejo is doing.”

What Brendon Ayanbadejo “is doing” is supporting marriage equality openly, as he did in his amazing video, below.

But on to Delegate Burns’ letter.

“As a Delegate to the Maryland General Assembly and a Baltimore Ravens Football fan, I find it inconceivable that one of your players, Brendon Ayanbadejo, would publicly endorse same-sex marriage, specifically, as a Ravens Football player,” Delegate Burns continued in his letter to Bisciotti. ”Many of my constituents are appalled and aghast that a member of the Ravens Football Team would step into this controversial divide and try to sway public opinion one way or the other. Many of your fans are opposed to such a view and feel it has no place in a sport that is strictly for pride, entertainment and excitement.”

NBC News’ Josh Alper last night reported that “it’s inconceivable that Burns would make the request in the first place. Regardless of what side of this particular issue you might find yourself, Ayanbadejo’s right to believe what he wants about it and tell people what he believes falls well outside anything that concerns the Ravens. The Ravens had no comment beyond acknowledging they got the letter to the Washington Post and there’s zero chance they’ll follow through on Burns’ request.”

The Ravens may have had “no comment,” but Brendon Ayanbadejo did, and offered his thoughts via Twitter:

 

Wow. All around. Just wow.

Oh, and by the way, here’s a smattering of what Del. Burns had to say about same-sex marriage in February:

“I’m not a ‘homo-phobiac’ nor a ‘xeno-phobiac.’ People who have special propensities can do what they will,” Delegate Emmett Burns said. ”Same-sex marriage is bad for people of my church and bad for the state … I don’t want your protection … The law is that marriage is between a man and a WO-MAN,” he proclaimed. ”You cannot protect our churches – you don’t know how. Gays and lesbians are protected because they can hide their sexual orientation – they are already protected,” adding, ”Children are being used in this process. Children are being used for the purpose of same-sex marriage.”

Image by Freedom to Marry via Flickr