Yes - that crazy, liberal, Progressive, left-leaning Keith Olbermann is still at it. He's still doing crazy, liberal, Progressive, left-leaning stuff. Standing up for a minority group in America? Yes that's crazy, liberal, Progressive, and left-leaning. And yes - I still love the guy for it.
What's he up to this time? Nothing that doesn't need to be said and nothing that doesn't need to be done. Hint: He's supporting the GLBTQ community.
As reported in Raw Story on line,
ESPN’s Keith Olbermann has called on the National College Athletic Association and National Football League to boycott Indiana until the state repeals a new law that protects businesses that refuse to provide services to same-sex couples.
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Great State of Indiana passed and their governor signed into law a vicious little thing they call the Religious Freedom Restoration Act which allows discrimination against same-sex couples. I have no idea where the text of that law is, but I can provide you with Keith's tweets about it!
Simple fact: after Indiana enacts a law permitting prejudice against some of its customers, NCAA should pull Final 4 out of Indy. Right now
— Keith Olbermann (@KeithOlbermann) March 26, 2015
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I don't care if Final 4 winds up being played in a parking lot in Tulsa, NCAA has no right to support legally codified hatred and stupidity
— Keith Olbermann (@KeithOlbermann) March 26, 2015
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If a state wants to pretend this is 1955 and not 2015, dandy. You want to make some customers "illegal"? Prepare to be left behind.
— Keith Olbermann (@KeithOlbermann) March 26, 2015
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And for that matter the NFL should play no games in Indiana until and unless this hateful, medieval measure is repealed.
— Keith Olbermann (@KeithOlbermann) March 26, 2015
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And if you fall back on the discredited "orientation is a choice," ask yourself: what is religion if not a choice? Or passing hate laws?
— Keith Olbermann (@KeithOlbermann) March 26, 2015
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Our hero from Countdown on MSNBC hasn't crossed over to the Dark Side. In fact, he seems to still be one of us from the Rebel Alliance - still crazy after all these years. If you tweet (I don't) give the guy some love.
EDIT:
Top of the Rec List is a cool place to be. But it ain't for me - it's for the GLBTQ community. And maybe a little for Keith, too. I didn't think that this diary would attract much, if any, attention. That we support each other in this way is heart-warming.