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chemgear · 05-02-2013, 05:05 PM

F--- that. Name the "church".

http://religion.blogs.cnn.com/2013/0...nce/?hpt=hp_t4

LeRoy Butler, a former safety for the Green Bay Packers, is one of many professional athletes to tweet support for Jason Collins, the NBA player who came out as gay this week.

Butler later tweeted that “some parents went to the church and complained about my tweet” supporting Collins. “So sad,” he wrote on the social networking site.

In an interview with the Milwaukee Journal Sentinel, Butler said he pointed out to the church’s pastor that the apparent attempt to cancel his speech was an example of the type of bullying he planned to discuss with the congregation.

Butler recently tweeted that the church apologized for the incident and thanked him “for not releasing the church name.”

05-02-2013, 05:05 PM	#143
chemgear Franchise Player Join Date: Feb 2010 Exp:	F--- that. Name the "church". http://religion.blogs.cnn.com/2013/0...nce/?hpt=hp_t4 LeRoy Butler, a former safety for the Green Bay Packers, is one of many professional athletes to tweet support for Jason Collins, the NBA player who came out as gay this week. Butler later tweeted that “some parents went to the church and complained about my tweet” supporting Collins. “So sad,” he wrote on the social networking site. In an interview with the Milwaukee Journal Sentinel, Butler said he pointed out to the church’s pastor that the apparent attempt to cancel his speech was an example of the type of bullying he planned to discuss with the congregation. Butler recently tweeted that the church apologized for the incident and thanked him “for not releasing the church name.”