The calendar changed to June over the weekend and, in case you missed it, that makes it Pride Month on TV and radio, in your stores, everywhere on the Internet, on your streets, on your flagpoles, in your classrooms (like this or not), and at least one other place:
For most of the NFL.
The practice of men sleeping with men, women sleeping with women, some men becoming women and some women becoming men (including also people who say they are now neither men nor women) was celebrated by about two-thirds of NFL teams on Saturday via social media.
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Most NFL teams celebrate pride month
A view of the atmosphere is seen during “A Night of Pride” with GLAAD and the NFL presented by Smirnoff at Caesars Palace on February 7, 2024 in Las Vegas, Nevada. (Daniel Boczarski/Getty Images for GLAAD)
The message, delivered in X across team timelines, was sent by 21 of the 32 NFL teams to their approximately 42 million total followers.
Some teams tweeted their support that Pride Month has arrived. Some delivered expanded messages as part of that support.
Commanders in Washington, for example, said Pride Month is really about love.
And some teams tweeted and went a step further by altering their logos or X banners.
The Commanders, Buffalo Bills and Philadelphia Eagles changed the color of their logos to match the pride flag.
Some teams are REALLY in it for pride month
The Vikings not only tweeted their support and changed their logo, but they also changed the banner for account X. Apparently they are very excited about pride month.
The Eagles took an interesting tact by not delivering their message of support in a full tweet. But they changed their logo to X, which makes their support obvious.
The NFL?
Advances the LGBTQ+ agenda. Hosts an annual gala with GLAAD and promotes other gay community events.
But the NFL didn't tweet its support for Pride Month on June 1, instead retweeting tweets from the Chicago Bears and Jaguars.
By the way, the comment sections after the tweets from the various teams are what you would expect. The comments show a visceral difference of opinion on the message about the month-long celebration.
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Support for the gay agenda is widespread
All of those, by the way, are dog bites. If this were from 1970 to maybe 2010, there would be no outside support for a pride month from the NFL on a national scale. But it has been growing seemingly inexorably for perhaps a dozen years or more.
So it's no surprise that teams are sending messages that they're in for Pride Month in 2024.
The man bites dog factor, on the other hand, is seen when teams oppose pride month or don't say anything about it.
And for clarity, let's be clear that no team has said they oppose Pride Month.
Miami Dolphins cheerleaders of the National Football League (NFL) participate in the Miami Beach Gay Pride Parade on Ocean Drive on April 14, 2024, in Miami Beach, Florida. (ZAK BENNETT/AFP via Getty Images)
It's clear that many within the NFL (and society) don't like Pride Month for a variety of reasons. Some people do not respect or agree with the gay lifestyle or agenda.
And some, while they don't have a problem with gay people, just don't like that Pride Month is so ubiquitous, like it's being shoved down people's throats. These people would recoil if, say, they also had a month-old puppy or a celebration of straight people shoved down their throats every year.
Still, in today's world, radicals on opposing sides often view mere silence as support or opposition.
So be careful here: report what the teams did No Twitter an ad joining the support and celebrations of Pride Month is dispassionate. It does not convey opposition.
It simply conveys what it is: silence.
11 NFL teams do not participate
Over the weekend, 11 NFL teams chose not to tweet or acknowledge Pride Month. The 11 teams are:
The Pittsburgh Steelers, Cleveland Browns, Cincinnati Bengals, Tennessee Titans, Kansas City Chiefs, Denver Broncos, Dallas Cowboys, Detroit Lions, Green Bay Packers, New Orleans Saints and Atlanta Falcons.
All teams in two NFL divisions, the AFC East and NFC West, tweeted their support for Pride Month.
In one division, the AFC North, three of four teams were silent on the issue, and Baltimore embraced pride month.
Three divisions (AFC West, NFC North and NFC South) were divided among the four teams, two of them supported and two remained silent.
NFL logo on the field before the game between the Tennessee Titans and the Indianapolis Colts at Nissan Stadium on December 3, 2023 in Nashville, Tennessee. The Colts defeated the Titans 31-28. (Wesley Hitt/Getty Images)
And why does this matter? Two reasons:
First, when teams take different approaches to the same topic, accounting is newsworthy. So the direction the teams took is newsworthy.
Finally, America is divided. In politics there are marked lines. Liberalism and conservatism are at odds. A culture war is being waged.
And yes, sometimes participants cross lines. Years ago, President Obama and President Biden stated that they defined marriage as between a man and a woman. President Trump told 60 Minutes that he is “fine” with gay marriage in 2016.
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Despite this, Obama and Biden are classified as supporters of gay marriage and Trump is often attacked for being against it.
There's no doubt that 21 NFL teams are apparently in favor of it. And the other 11 remain silent about it.
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