Slog - Comments on Speaking of Homosexuals and Sports

Comment by Enigma

Enigma — Mon, 30 Jun 2008 10:37:13 -0800

I think this gives your curse on Safeco more validity. How bad have our teams done since the WA Supreme Court upheld the ban on gay marriage?

Comment by scary tyler moore

scary tyler moore — Mon, 30 Jun 2008 10:41:06 -0800

really really bad.

the spanish euro cup team was HAWT.

Comment by douglas

douglas — Mon, 30 Jun 2008 10:54:02 -0800

hey, what about the san francisco 49ers? if any city's team deserves to benefit from god's windfall of gay support...

Comment by Abby

Abby — Mon, 30 Jun 2008 11:03:00 -0800

Scary, I've got to agree with you, even as someone who was supporting Germany (which I know is hopelessly unfashionable). Have you seen the champagne-spraying celebration videos?

Comment by Bellevue Ave

Bellevue Ave — Mon, 30 Jun 2008 11:04:42 -0800

OSU will take it; third times a charm

Comment by Eric F

Eric F — Mon, 30 Jun 2008 11:28:50 -0800

Asking God to make the Lakers win is too easy, there's no test of his power or will there. Now, if the Clippers or the Padres won it all, that'd be proof positive.

Comment by umvue

umvue — Mon, 30 Jun 2008 11:40:29 -0800

Careful with your logical fallacies (post hoc ergo propter hoc) - they'll bite you on the ass in the end.

Comment by Abby

Abby — Mon, 30 Jun 2008 11:52:34 -0800

Oh, umvue. Quit being a buzzkill. Just celebrate with Spain...

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TIs2HfKBmV8

Comment by scary tyler moore

scary tyler moore — Mon, 30 Jun 2008 11:59:58 -0800

thank you, abby, thank you thank you thank you.

Comment by NickBob

NickBob — Mon, 30 Jun 2008 12:12:44 -0800

This would explain the the success of the Pats, Red Sox, and Celtics.
The 49ers had their gay bounce during the 80's, so let someone else have their turn. LA steals an NFL team, wins the Super Bowl, and maybe the Dodgers win the WS. Fuck the Lakers, hell, fuck the NBA.

Comment by German

German — Mon, 30 Jun 2008 12:59:04 -0800

Well, Gay marriage is legal in Germany as well - so unless we're still being punished for our not-so-friendly "attitude" towards homosexuality that we had "some time ago" - Spain just got the better team =)

Comment by gex

gex — Mon, 30 Jun 2008 13:07:05 -0800

The Red Sox didn't just win the Series last year, either. They swept the Colorado Rockies, whose ownership posited that his team was being rewarded with success by God because they tried to build a Christian team.

I suppose this year's record is God's telling them a thing or two about humility.

Comment by joykiller

joykiller — Mon, 30 Jun 2008 14:53:32 -0800

1.) The Lakers just lost the NBA Finals. After the gay marriage decision. So that's out.

B.) Boston fans are some of the most racist yahoos in all of American sports. Yet they are rewarded because of Massachusetts' gay marriage provisions? That's a very inconsistent blessing.

Comment by Vince

Vince — Mon, 30 Jun 2008 15:24:50 -0800

What would Marsha Homosexual Hardin say?

Comment by amy!

amy! — Mon, 30 Jun 2008 15:34:08 -0800

@13:

1) Not just after the gay marriage decision, but the Lakers lost to the Celts the day after the first gay marriages were celebrated under this new law.

B) Race wasn't a part of this supposition, just gayness. And really, as far as I can tell Boston sports fans only hate all other sports fans, I don't think they make much of a distinction about race. White Yankee fans are hated as much as any other color they come in.

Comment by saxfanatic

saxfanatic — Mon, 30 Jun 2008 18:56:58 -0800

It seems that Hugo Schwyzer isn't so optimistic about the awesome power of gay marriage to redeem the L.A. Kings. That's probably gonna take something like a female pope.

Comment by Griet

Griet — Tue, 01 Jul 2008 11:21:39 -0800

Yeah... unfortunately sports wise Belgium's never been rewarded for legalising gay marriage. Though... hang on... what year did Henin and Clijsters have their big breakthrough?? You could be on to something here!