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When NBA journeyman center Jason Collins recently announced that he was gay, America's secular media immediately equated him with baseball legend Jackie Robinson.
Just as Robinson broke baseball's color barrier, the media breathlessly gushed that Collins had just broken professional sports' "gay barrier."
I wouldn't be surprised if Robinson turned over in his grave after the media feted Collins. When Robinson broke baseball's color barrier in 1947 after he joined the Brooklyn Dodgers, he had to endure harsh persecution from opponents, fans and even some teammates who didn't want blacks playing major league baseball.
Robinson put up with the abuse, though it hardened him. Although he had been exposed to racism growing up in Pasadena, Ca. in the 1920s and 30s, (yes--even Southern California had plenty of racism) he never experienced the type of racism in his hometown that he later encountered in major league baseball.
If it wasn't for his strong Christian upbringing, Robinson probably wouldn't have succeeded. But he did against incredible odds. And baseball has become a much better game because of what Robinson accomplished.
However, Collins' announcement accomplished nothing. No professional sport requires prospective athletes to declare their sexuality before they are drafted or signed. It isn't an issue, nor has it ever been an issue.
Unlike Collins, who evidently changed his sexual orientation recently, Robinson didn't choose the skin color he was born with. And he couldn't choose to change his color after it brought him a lot of abuse. Rather, Robinson not only became comfortable in his own skin, he taught others to be proud of that color.
It's quite possible that Collins' declaration of his homosexuality could merely be a clever business decision. At the age of 34--which is old by NBA standards--and his mediocre basketball career essentially over, Collins is in need of new employment opportunities.
What better way to get back on the financial gravy train than to become a "gay pioneer" in professional sports. Certainly, there will be a book deal and most likely even a movie deal as well. That will be quite a challenge for a script writer because Collins wasn't a very good basketball player.
And Collins will also be in need of a clever biographer who will have to reinvent his life story. Why? Because it seems that Collins had a fondness for the ladies for quite a long time before he had his gay epiphany.
Jackie Robinson was a real American hero. Jason Collins is a pseudo-hero manufactured by America's godless secular elites who glory in their sin and shame.
Collins' sexuality may be manufactured, too. No matter. Whether it's real or not, God's wrath is real. And it's coming. When you violate His laws concerning sexuality and encourage others to do so, judgment is near. Christ warned: "Things that cause people to sin are bound to come, but woe to that person through whom they come. It would be better for him to be thrown into the sea with a millstone tied around his neck than for him to cause one of these little ones to sin. So watch yourselves." (Luke 17:1-2)
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