Republican lobbyist begins boycott of Visa and St Louis Rams over openly gay NFL player

[Fearless]

Jack Burkman had last week threatened to “financially rough up” the team that drafted Sam, who joined the Rams on Saturday.

The Republican lobbyist had said on Friday “he will leverage his political clout to make sure that team [which takes on Sam] gets roughed up financially.”

Today, he announced that he would make good on his threat, beginning a boycott of Visa, which signed an endorsement deal with Sam last week, and his new team the St Louis Rams.

He said: “Visa and the Rams will learn that when you trample the Christian community and Christian values, there will be a terrible financial price to pay.

http://www.pinknews.co.uk/2014/05/14/us-republican-lobbyist-begins-boycott-of-visa-and-st-louis-rams-over-openly-gay-nfl-player/

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Hear that? That's the sound of zero fucks being given by anyone.

[COLGATE4]

1. I prefer this ( )

That's the sound of less than zero fucks being given by anyone.

[bravenak]

2. Guess what Jack?

[awoke_in_2003]

23. My 4 year old grandson...

just got into Spongebob, so I can again watch it while claiming I don't. I saw that episode- what did he say when he created the rainbow? I know he did it several times.

[bravenak]

25. I don't remember what he said, it's been a meme for a while.

You can watch it. http://pollystreaming.com/SpongeBob-SquarePants-Season-2-Episode-7b-Patty-Hype_v7206

For free.

[sheshe2]

26. Poor Jack~

He had his fee fees hurt.

[blm]

3. So Burkman is saying that he won't use his Visa card to pay the call girls and hookers he hires

and has been hiring for a few decades now? Heck - I remember when Burkman approached a young lesbian couple and offered them a considerable amount of money to come home with him for a 'three way' and they turned him down.

Where does Burkman get his holier than thou attitude? He must be PAID for it. No different than the hookers he employs. Except he's far......far worse.

[shenmue]

4. Good luck with that!

Arse.

[sinkingfeeling]

5. It's okay. I just used my Visa card.

[FLyellowdog]

6. Me too.

[iandhr]

7. Michael Sam's jersey is #2 amongst NFL rookies.

Not working out so far is it?

[bullwinkle428]

11. Update : it's now #1!

[pinto]

8. LOL

[theHandpuppet]

9. Now just why do I get the feeling Rams tickets will be selling like hotcakes???

Though I'm still trying to figure out how drafting a gay kid for a football team tramples on Christian values.

[Martin Eden]

10. "trample the Christian community and Christian values"

The Christian "community" Burkman belongs to tramples the values of Jesus Christ.

[roguevalley]

15. plus a trillion, martin eden

[Fuddnik]

12. I'm sure L.A. would like their NFL team back.

[Auggie]

13. What a schmuck

[TlalocW]

14. Shouldn't he be boycotting Visa to begin with because of usury?

I'm sure you could make the case that Visa practices it, and I believe Jesus was against it.

TlalocW

[SCVDem]

16. Fuck him and his ilk!

He doesn't have a clue what values means.

[dougg]

17. Did they boycott Bush

when he kissed Jeff Gannon in public?

http://calltodecision.com/whb1.htm

[colbertforpresident]

18. where will he eat?

Will he boycott restaurants too?

[ET Awful]

19. Of course, if people want to donate to his campaign using a Visa, he has no objections.

[Fearless]

20. Well naturally!

[Zambero]

21. The Brooklyn Dodgers must have had similar threats

...levied at them, when Jackie Robinson first joined the team, finally breaking professional baseball's color barrier. But the fans came out in droves, and Robinson paved the way for many others who followed. Much to Burkman's imminent chagrin, other LGBT athletes will follow Sam as well, and they will ultimately judged on what they bring to the sport and not on the basis of petty moralistic vendettas.

[awoke_in_2003]

22. Maybe they can join up with Operation American Spring...

that might bring their numbers up to 50

[Terra Alta]

24. doesn't the entire NFL violate "Christian" values

by playing every Sunday in the fall?

After all, honoring the Sabbath and keeping it holy is one of the big Ten, and homosexuality is not.