The Clippers today; Redskins tomorrow! Who's next?

Today, we urge you and the National Football League to send the same clear message as the NBA did: that racism and bigotry have no place in professional sports,” the letter from the Senators reads. “It’s time for the NFL to endorse a name change for the Washington, D.C. football team.”

SEE:http://washington.cbslocal.com/2014...allen-responds-with-letter-to-sen-harry-reid/

I feared that owners of private business would eventually come under the same ultimatum facing Donald Sterling, I just didn't expect it to happen so quickly?

America .... we need to be CONCERNED, if they threaten to take the Redskins away from its owner, over some self-imposed PC and racist argument, who and what will be next? Could the Boy Scouts be annexed by the Government, if they don't accept adult hom0se/uals as leaders?

Where will the PC police stop ... I don't think they will, in fact; we could soon see churches forced to remove preachers, or take away their tax-exempt status, should they offend the public, minorities, or protected individuals?!

This could happen if a pastor or the church refuses to conduct hom0se/ual weddings, or allow such weddings to take place within their buildings. Individual churches and their denominations could be on the PC radar, and it won't stop there, IMHO!

Will the owners of the NBA think hard and long about Harry Reid's recent suggestion, and maybe decide not to vote out Sterling, if for any other reason, self-preservation, meaning if it's sterling today, it could be Cuban tomorrow and the Buss family next week? :type:

I'm interested in your opinion on this recent development.

 

Sorry, guys ....

.... but the facts are, the government is behind all these laws to protect people from being harmed by racism, hate attacks. etc.

How many times has the government jumped in and filed civil rights issues when a person is found innocent in a trial involving a white killing a black!

Ome of the recent was Travon Martin and George Zimmerman. The AG wasn't happy with the court findings through a jury, and filed a civil rights case!

whom do you think is behind all this PC and tolerance stuff? The government is behind everything involving a racial issue, or hate crime, even the FBI gets involved in hate crimes!

Don't mean to rain on your parade, but, the government of this country, is behind a lot of the PC rulings. How many states have been forced to allow hom0se/ual weddings because of the SCOTUS. That very court, tossed out CAlifornia's marriage ban!

The government may not be upfront pushing, but in the end, when all the chips are down, they come to the rescue.

If the NBA were to not take action on Sterling ... the feds would find a reason to take action! Of course, so will sponsors of that team and the NBA, jump in and force a change.

Even the Boy Scouts were pushed by the feds to accepts ga/s...

 

Agreed....

This is what I am saying ... but, should the owners, enough of them decide, like you said, to nt revoke his ownership, it will become a federal/civil rights issue.

California held two votes on ga/ marriage, and because the first one was not worded correctly, the people reworded it. according the how the courts recommended, and got it on the ballot one more time. There were less people backing the bill the second time [and the truth is, if it were up for vote now, it may be voted down[, but it still won.

So, insteps the legal wrangling, and once the courts sided with the bill, it went to the next level, on appeal, and eventually all the way to our supreme court and than the SCOTUS, who kicked it back down, allowing the Calif. SC ruling to hold.

What is wrong with this is the Calif. SC was deadlocked, with the deciding vote coming from a justice who was not only hom0se/ual, but married to his same gender partner.

The sad thing is, this deciding vote should have recused him/herself because of their being ga#.

What I am saying is no matter what, when a verdict does not come out the way the entitled folks want it to be, [and don't misunderstand, they have the right to appeal] they seek intervention from the feds.

That is all I am saying. The feds need to back out of a lot of these things, simply because they shouldn't be seen as the "Champion of the people" who have had their day in court and lost.

I am not a betting man, but, if Sterling lucks out and keeps his team, I see Obama and Holder getting involved under civil rights issues! And this is getting old!

When Zimmerman was acquitted, the FBI and Holder stepped in under direction of Obama and did more investigating to see if charges could be filed. They couldn't find anything, but, this just shouldn't be how the system works.

I've had several legal cases [work injuries] and just because they didn't work out as I'd like them to, I did not turn to the federal government and demand their assistance to overthrow the findings [by the way I won my cases, but, the cash awards did not really take care of the loss of income for the rest of my life]. And to take it one step further, harrassment and job site discrimination were issues in the case too! And although I had a great case, the state of California had deeper pockets, and could wait me out, and drive me bankrupt in the process.

Still, I abided with the findings, and didn't go crying to my federal leaders to champion my cause!

That is what the legal system is about. trying your case, and appealing if necessary, but not playing the race card or the homophobe card to get what the system has fairly ruled following your day in court!

I do fear that government is going to eventually be the final say in everything going on, which removes authority of the state(s), and private business!

Thanks for your opinions! I respect them! :thumbsup: