I’m sorry, but I have a hard time getting worked up over the combined topics of hockey and homophobia. Yeah, yeah, I know about Burkie’s son, but other than that, I just don’t care.

… I think all anyone expects is tolerance and just being able to function as a normal person. There’s no reason why anyone shouldn’t be able to participate in what they’d like to – orientation, religion, whatever aside. It’s a sport – if your teammates are folks you trust and care about, then good. If they’re not, you need a new team – if they’re not someone you trust and care about just because of something that’s none of your business, you need a new team for different reasons.

It’s always been my philosophy to not care about anyone’s religion, race, sexual orientation, creed, or whatever. If you’re a nice person, you’re a nice person, and I’ll hang around with you. I’ve had friends, co-workers, and students who have been gay, and I don’t care – unless someone decides to make it some random issue out of it. Then, well, if you have a problem with how someone else believes or feels that doesn’t effect you, then dude – focus on the “doesn’t effect you” part. Just be nice and care about others. It makes life a whole lot easier.

Trippy hippy out.

I’m a fan of the Thrashers, but a fan of the human race above that. I’ve done some musical collabs with a MtF, and if some people had their way, that would be conceptualized as "I made dubstep with a person on the same level as a dogfucker".

I don’t enjoy people who strut around and make a facade out of being gay, because that for me is like jump-up dnb. It’s not real. It’s pretty much commercial. But at the same time, I loathe people who decide others are any less of a human being than they are because of who they’re involved romantically with.

Love your neighbor. It’s not Love your neighbor if they happen to share your interests, it’s love your neighbor.