Kirk Cousins said ‘Nobody’s perfect’ when asked about a gay player

Kirk Cousins, then-backup quarterback for Washington, mentioned he would welcome an brazenly homosexual teammate. Nonetheless, there was additionally a bunch of anti-gay nonsense that he possible wouldn’t say about every other demographic.

On the time, he additionally mentioned he would attempt to lead him to Jesus, saying, “no person’s good.” As a result of, apparently, when he’s requested about homosexual individuals, imperfection is the very first thing that involves thoughts.

Here’s what Cousins mentioned on the time to MLive:

“From a soccer standpoint, if the man might help us win, come assist us win. Now, there are a number of teammates in my locker room proper now who could not have a gay way of life, however they’ve sins, too. They’re not good. So I don’t say they’ll’t assist us win. No one’s good. To that diploma, we’d welcome him into our locker room and say come assist us win, and hopefully I can love him like Jesus and hopefully present him what it means to comply with Jesus.”

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Cousins, who attended Michigan State, spoke at a Grand Rapids, Mich., highschool. His feedback have been much like what he mentioned in 2013 final yr after Jason Collins got here out within the NBA.

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Cousins is at the moment the beginning quarterback of the Atlanta Falcons. Final yr he appeared with the quickly anti-LGBTQ Deal with the Household, seemingly persevering with his assault on the homosexual group.

Individuals like Cousins appear well-meaning and he wish to assume he’s solely full of affection, however his assumption that homosexuality equals imperfection and sin is insulting, as is his want to proselytize.

This story was up to date from 2013.