Obama urges court to overturn California same-sex marriage ban

[Hemi-Cuda]

Originally Posted by FlamesAddiction

I don't think that's why. For one thing, it wouldn't explain why the NBA is almost exactly the same as the MLB.

The other thing is that gay marriage is legal in several Mexican states, as well as in parts of South America. It's legal in Uruguay, Spain, Argentina, Portugal, Belgium and France which are mainly Catholic countries. Civil unions between same-sex partners are also legal in Switzerland, Germany, Austria, Hungary, Ireland, Croatia, and Slovenia, which again, are mainly Catholic countries. Poland and Italy are the only two mainly Catholic countries in Italy and Poland (and micro-states Monaco, Andorra, San Marino and Malta) are the only Catholic countries in Europe that have no same-sex union laws. The three most populous countries in South America (all Catholic) allow for forms of same-sex unions.

There is no link between being Catholic and not supporting laws of equality. I am not saying that all Catholics like gay marriage, but there is a difference between not liking it and thinking it should be illegal.

Australia still hasn't made it legal? I thought they legalized it before we did, they usually seem to lead the way on a lot of progressive ideas

[driveway]

Nope: http://www.npr.org/2013/05/16/184559...e-sex-marriage

There's growing pressure in Australia for the government to legalize gay marriage after New Zealand became the 13th country in the world to legalize same-sex marriage earlier this month. Last year, a vote on the issue in Australia's parliament failed to change the law

This was posted less than two weeks ago.

[SeeBass]

I would also guess that average household income of pro players growing up would probably have a chart that looks very familiar.

Is there a correlation between tolerance and income?

[valo403]

Originally Posted by SeeBass

I would also guess that average household income of pro players growing up would probably have a chart that looks very familiar.

Is there a correlation between tolerance and income?

I don't think the average NFL player grew up in a household with very high income, while hockey players likely grew up in much more well off homes on average.

IMO a big part of the disparity is that both the NHL and NFL have had active players take on a vocal role in things like you can play and other gay rights initiatives. I think that just having a few guys open the door on the issue can change a lot of opinions.

ESPN just released an interesting article on former NFL OT Kwame Harris, who kept the fact that he was gay hidden for his entire career.

http://espn.go.com/nfl/story/_/id/93...-espn-magazine