With the New York Mets now 2-0 over the Cubs in the NLCS, second baseman Daniel Murphy is getting attention for his performance on the baseball diamond, but also a closer scrutiny, which is why his comments about gays last March to the NJ Advance Media is getting a second look and making headlines.
This was a quote via Murphy when asked about then-newly appointed openly gay Billy Bean as Ambassador for Inclusion by MLB:
“I disagree with his lifestyle. I do disagree with the fact that Billy is a homosexual. That doesn’t mean I can’t still invest in him and get to know him. I don’t think the fact that someone is a homosexual should completely shut the door on investing in them in a relational aspect. Getting to know him. That, I would say, you can still accept them but I do disagree with the lifestyle, 100 percent…
“Maybe, as a Christian, that we haven’t been as articulate enough in describing what our actual stance is on homosexuality. We love the people. We disagree the lifestyle. That’s the way I would describe it for me. It’s the same way that there are aspects of my life that I’m trying to surrender to Christ in my own life. There’s a great deal of many things, like my pride. I just think that as a believer trying to articulate it in a way that says just because I disagree with the lifestyle doesn’t mean I’m just never going to speak to Billy Bean every time he walks through the door. That’s not love. That’s not love at all.”
At the time of the statement, a Mets spokesman said Murphy would not talk on religion in public any further and stick to baseball.
(h/t Towleroad)
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