{"id":44033,"date":"2016-09-09T10:21:09","date_gmt":"2016-09-09T14:21:09","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.gayfriendschat.com\/socialblog\/rapinoe-says-spirit-owner-squelched-national-anthem-protest-because-hes-homophobic\/"},"modified":"2016-09-09T10:21:09","modified_gmt":"2016-09-09T14:21:09","slug":"rapinoe-says-spirit-owner-squelched-national-anthem-protest-because-hes-homophobic","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.gayfriendschat.com\/socialblog\/rapinoe-says-spirit-owner-squelched-national-anthem-protest-because-hes-homophobic\/","title":{"rendered":"Rapinoe Says Spirit Owner Squelched National Anthem Protest Because He\u2019s Homophobic"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><b>Rapinoe Says Spirit Owner Squelched National Anthem Protest Because He\u2019s Homophobic<\/b><\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.towleroad.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/09\/Megan-Rapinoe-1.jpg?resize=480%2C618\" alt=\"Megan Rapinoe\" srcset=\"http:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.towleroad.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/09\/Megan-Rapinoe-1.jpg?w=480 480w, http:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.towleroad.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/09\/Megan-Rapinoe-1.jpg?resize=233%2C300 233w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 480px) 100vw, 480px\" data-recalc-dims=\"1\"><\/p>\n<p>Out FC Reign&nbsp;star Megan Rapinoe says Bill Lynch, the owner of the Washington Spirit, undermined her protest of the national anthem in part because he&rsquo;s homophobic.<\/p>\n<p>As <a href=\"http:\/\/www.towleroad.com\/2016\/09\/bill-lynch-national-anthem\/\">we reported<\/a> Thursday, Spirit owner Bill Lynch (right) played the national anthem while players were in the locker room before a game between the Reign and Sprit on&nbsp;Wednesday&nbsp;night so Rapinoe couldn&rsquo;t kneel in protest <a href=\"http:\/\/www.towleroad.com\/2016\/09\/megan-rapinoe-national-anthem\/\">as she had done on Sunday<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/i2.wp.com\/www.towleroad.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/09\/Lynch.jpg?resize=150%2C200\" alt=\"lynch\" data-recalc-dims=\"1\">Rapinoe knelt during&nbsp;the anthem in solidarity with 49ers quarterback Colin Kaepernick, who&rsquo;s protesting the nation&rsquo;s treatment of black Americans. In the wake of her protest, Rapinoe said,&nbsp;&ldquo;Being a <a title=\"\" class=\"aalmanual\" target=\"_blank\"   href=\"https:\/\/chaturbate.com\/in\/?tour=R2Xc&#38;campaign=hl4zp&#38;track=gfcsb\">gay<\/a> American, I know what it means to look at the flag and not have it protect all of your liberties.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonpost.com\/news\/soccer-insider\/wp\/2016\/09\/08\/megan-rapinoe-says-spirit-owner-is-homophobic-spirit-owner-responds\/\"><em>The Washington Post<\/em><\/a> reports that Rapinoe&nbsp;was asked whether she believes Lynch&rsquo;s decision to undermine her protest was related to her sexual orientation, especially given that&nbsp;the Spirit is one of the few teams in the National Women&rsquo;s Soccer League&nbsp;that&nbsp;doesn&rsquo;t have an LGBT Pride Night.<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;I do. Yeah, I do,&rdquo; Rapinoe said. &ldquo;I have had conversations with Spirit players current and past, the fact that they don&rsquo;t have a Pride Night. They have <a title=\"\" class=\"aalmanual\" target=\"_blank\"   href=\"https:\/\/chaturbate.com\/in\/?tour=R2Xc&#38;campaign=hl4zp&#38;track=gfcsb\">gay<\/a> players like everyone else [in the league]. They&rsquo;ve made it pretty clear, at least internally, that that&rsquo;s not a game they are interested in, which is homophobic to me. I don&rsquo;t know if it was directly at me because I&rsquo;m <a title=\"\" class=\"aalmanual\" target=\"_blank\"   href=\"https:\/\/chaturbate.com\/in\/?tour=R2Xc&#38;campaign=hl4zp&#38;track=gfcsb\">gay<\/a> and it&rsquo;s a protest I am making as a <a title=\"\" class=\"aalmanual\" target=\"_blank\"   href=\"https:\/\/chaturbate.com\/in\/?tour=R2Xc&#38;campaign=hl4zp&#38;track=gfcsb\">gay<\/a> <a title=\"\" class=\"aalmanual\" target=\"_blank\"   href=\"https:\/\/www.flirt4free.com\/live\/girls\/?mp_code=akftr\">woman<\/a>. Bit of a stretch, but yeah I do think that Bill Lynch is homophobic.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p>Lynch responded by suggesting that Rapinoe &ldquo;got lost in the moment and blurted something out.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;I certainly don&rsquo;t agree with the statement, by any stretch,&rdquo; he&nbsp;told <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonpost.com\/news\/soccer-insider\/wp\/2016\/09\/08\/megan-rapinoe-says-spirit-owner-is-homophobic-spirit-owner-responds\/\"><em>WaPo<\/em><\/a>. &ldquo;We&rsquo;re absolutely inclusive. Anyone claiming we&rsquo;re not inclusive, it&rsquo;s silly. [Sexuality] is not even something that gets discussed. We don&rsquo;t make decisions based on race, gender or sexual preference. Unless someone is talking about it, I have no idea what their sexual preference is.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p>Needless to say, Lynch&rsquo;s use&nbsp;of &ldquo;sexual preference&rdquo; &mdash; an archaic term that wrongly&nbsp;implies being <a title=\"\" class=\"aalmanual\" target=\"_blank\"   href=\"https:\/\/chaturbate.com\/in\/?tour=R2Xc&#38;campaign=hl4zp&#38;track=gfcsb\">gay<\/a> is a choice &mdash; doesn&rsquo;t exactly bolster his argument.<\/p>\n<p>The post <a rel=\"nofollow\" href=\"http:\/\/www.towleroad.com\/2016\/09\/bill-lynch-homophobic\/\">Rapinoe Says Spirit Owner Squelched National Anthem Protest Because He&rsquo;s Homophobic<\/a> appeared first on <a rel=\"nofollow\" href=\"http:\/\/www.towleroad.com\/\">Towleroad<\/a>.<\/p>\n<div>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/feeds.towleroad.com\/~ff\/towleroad\/feed?a=Z21mhtmqtTI:xyxsxFikiVY:qj6IDK7rITs\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/feeds.feedburner.com\/~ff\/towleroad\/feed?d=qj6IDK7rITs\" border=\"0\"><\/a> <a href=\"http:\/\/feeds.towleroad.com\/~ff\/towleroad\/feed?a=Z21mhtmqtTI:xyxsxFikiVY:I9og5sOYxJI\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/feeds.feedburner.com\/~ff\/towleroad\/feed?d=I9og5sOYxJI\" border=\"0\"><\/a> <a href=\"http:\/\/feeds.towleroad.com\/~ff\/towleroad\/feed?a=Z21mhtmqtTI:xyxsxFikiVY:yIl2AUoC8zA\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/feeds.feedburner.com\/~ff\/towleroad\/feed?d=yIl2AUoC8zA\" border=\"0\"><\/a> <a href=\"http:\/\/feeds.towleroad.com\/~ff\/towleroad\/feed?a=Z21mhtmqtTI:xyxsxFikiVY:gIN9vFwOqvQ\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/feeds.feedburner.com\/~ff\/towleroad\/feed?i=Z21mhtmqtTI:xyxsxFikiVY:gIN9vFwOqvQ\" border=\"0\"><\/a> <a href=\"http:\/\/feeds.towleroad.com\/~ff\/towleroad\/feed?a=Z21mhtmqtTI:xyxsxFikiVY:cGdyc7Q-1BI\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/feeds.feedburner.com\/~ff\/towleroad\/feed?d=cGdyc7Q-1BI\" border=\"0\"><\/a> <a href=\"http:\/\/feeds.towleroad.com\/~ff\/towleroad\/feed?a=Z21mhtmqtTI:xyxsxFikiVY:YwkR-u9nhCs\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/feeds.feedburner.com\/~ff\/towleroad\/feed?d=YwkR-u9nhCs\" border=\"0\"><\/a>\n<\/div>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/feeds.feedburner.com\/~r\/towleroad\/feed\/~4\/Z21mhtmqtTI\" height=\"1\" width=\"1\" alt=\"\"><br \/>\n<br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/feeds.towleroad.com\/~r\/towleroad\/feed\/~3\/Z21mhtmqtTI\/\" class=\"autohyperlink\">feeds.towleroad.com\/~r\/towleroad\/feed\/~3\/Z21mhtmqtTI\/<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Rapinoe Says Spirit Owner Squelched National Anthem Protest Because He\u2019s Homophobic Out FC Reign&nbsp;star Megan Rapinoe says Bill Lynch, the owner of the Washington Spirit, undermined her protest of the national anthem in part because he&rsquo;s homophobic. As we reported Thursday, Spirit owner Bill Lynch (right) played the national anthem while players were in the &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/www.gayfriendschat.com\/socialblog\/rapinoe-says-spirit-owner-squelched-national-anthem-protest-because-hes-homophobic\/\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">Rapinoe Says Spirit Owner Squelched National Anthem Protest Because He\u2019s Homophobic<\/span> <span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2466,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[107],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-44033","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-news"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.4 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>Rapinoe Says Spirit Owner Squelched National Anthem Protest Because He\u2019s Homophobic - GAYFRIENDSCHAT.com<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/www.gayfriendschat.com\/socialblog\/rapinoe-says-spirit-owner-squelched-national-anthem-protest-because-hes-homophobic\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Rapinoe Says Spirit Owner Squelched National Anthem Protest Because He\u2019s Homophobic - GAYFRIENDSCHAT.com\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"Rapinoe Says Spirit Owner Squelched National Anthem Protest Because He\u2019s Homophobic Out FC Reign&nbsp;star Megan Rapinoe says Bill Lynch, the owner of the Washington Spirit, undermined her protest of the national anthem in part because he&rsquo;s homophobic. 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