In the past month former NBA star John Amaechi came out the "closet," when he announced Nationally that he was gay.
Other NBA players were asked what they thought about Amaechi's decision to come out but only one statement stands out from NBA player Tim Hardaway when he was interviewed about the situation and publicly stated that he hates gay people, that he is homophobic.
Most people thought especially people against gay relationships felt that Hardaway was expressing his Freedom of Speech. The only problem was that the league's Commissioner David Stern was not pleased with Hardaway's comments and did not want the the comments to reflect any views the league has about homosexuality.
As a result Hardaway was banned from the All-star game that was hosted in LasVegas this year.
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Like I commented on a previous post that although some may feel that this is alright everyone can say what they want, in a way that is true but again be prepared if people will agree with you or not. Like in this story who knows what the commissioner feels about homosexuality, but we do know is that gay people love basketball like anyone else, so of course the commissioner is not going to let what Hardaway said affect the bigger audience that love the game of basketball. At any rate Hardaway apologized in the end and his comments did not solve anything and basically hurt his character while he was trying to insult someone else.
Amaechi is currently making a National tour promoting his book Man in the Middle.
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