Either Bob McNair is okay with the LGBT community, or he was forced into being okay by external pressures.
The Texans owner made the wrong kind of headlines after donating $10,000 to a group dedicated to defeating a Houston equal-rights ordinance that would offer non-discrimination protections to gay and transgender residents.
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Needless to say, the LGBT community wasn't pleased.
Neither was former NFL punter Chris Kluwe.
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"Surely," he began to question in an open letter to SI, "this man could not be a pants-on-head, cowhumping glue-huffer stupid enough to buy in on clearly outdated ideals of bigotry and intolerance?"
If he was, he isn't anymore.
Man who gave $10,000 to bigotry campaign surprised to find money used for bigotry https://t.co/sMr770Ee79
— autumnaltones grimes (@andreagrimes) October 23, 2015
On Friday, McNair rescinded his donation and released a lengthy statement where he said unauthorized statements attributed to his beliefs were distributed that were never discussed.
Part of his statement read as: "I do not believe in or tolerate personal or professional discrimination of any kind. I also believe that we Houstonians should have an ordinance that unites our community and provides a bold statement of non-discrimination. I encourage all Houstonians to vote on November 3."
Note: the entire statement can be found here.
Bob McNair did the right thing under pressure....
— B. Porter (@PorterTalks) October 23, 2015
Looks like someone read an open letter on Thursday.
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