Dallas Sports Anchor Delivers Perfect Speech to Michael Sam's Critics
During his "Hansen Unplugged: Celebrating Our Differences" segment Monday night, WFAA sports anchor Dale Hansen issued a near perfect public takedown to the the anonymous NFL officials in Sports Illustrated's much-criticized Michael Sam story.
From Hansen's speech, via Towleroad:
You beat a woman and drag her down a flight of stairs, pulling her hair out by the roots? You're the fourth guy taken in the NFL draft.
You kill people while driving drunk? That guy's welcome.
Players caught in hotel rooms with illegal drugs and prostitutes? We know they're welcome.
Players accused of rape and pay the woman to go away?
You lie to police trying to cover up a murder? We're comfortable with that.
You love another man? Well, now you've gone too far!
Hanson acknowledged his own faults but welcomed Sam, saying it was "time to celebrate him."
"I'm not always comfortable when a man tells me he's gay; I don't understand his world," Hansen said. "But I do understand that he's part of mine."