Just two days after penning an op-ed in the Minneapolis Star-Tribune in which he wrote that “same-sex unions may not affect my marriage specifically, but it will affect my children,” Baltimore Ravens center (and former Minnesota Viking) Matt Birk reiterated his opposition to marriage equality in a video supporting Minnesota’s proposed constitutional ban on same-sex marriage.
In the video, released Monday by the Minnesota Catholic Conference, said he has a responsibility to seek to know God’s will, and he believes defending traditional marriage is in line with God’s will.
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Birk, a Minnesota native and father of six, is urging voters to support the state’s anti-gay marriage amendment, because same-sex marriage “will affect the broader well-being of children and the welfare of society.”
Birk’s remarks follow the recent debate on the issue in which Ravens’ linebacker Brendon Ayanbadejo came under fire from Maryland lawmaker Emmett Burns, who demanded the Ravens silence Ayanbadejo’s public support for same-sex marriage.
Minnesota Vikings’ punter Chris Kluwe, also a marriage equality supporter, blasted Burns in a profanity-laced letter published last month at Deadspin.
And in response to Birk’s recent op-ed, Kluwe wrote, “I will support your right to worship at whatever altar you choose, but I will not support you trying to force it on someone else, or to deny someone else legal benefits due to religious reasoning.”
Birk said he wants to clarify that “not all NFL players think redefining marriage is a good thing.”
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Whew. I am glad someone can tell me what God’s will is. I’ve been confused all these years.
who has spoke with god directly…dumb fuck meat head
Who cares what these NFL guys think? Keep YOUR religion AWAY from MY body…
excuses excuses……huh
Because straight divorce doesn’t damage children. Smh.
looks like he played a few too many minutes without his helmet on
OMG not another christian extremest!
As soon as the opinion of a man who gets paid far too much to run headfirst into other men is relevant, I’ll ask for it.
Wow, some people are so stupid. Where I live, marriage equality has been legal for almost ten years, you know what’s happened? Gay people got married. Our water did not turn to lava, we don’t have locusts eating all of our food and skin. We just have happier queer people.
Keep doing your day job, there’s a good boy.
G!d preserve us from those who claim to know G!d’s will!!!!!
When will people finally get it in their bigot-filled minds that religion needs to have no part when it comes to our government? Chris needs to punt some sense into their heads!
Yep. Believe whatever you want but do not force it on others.
How does he know what God’s will is
need we even respond to this?? NO ONE SPEAKS FOR GOD, BUT GOD HIMSELF! Get a clue!
Oh, what a surprised. Another intolerant hick claiming to know god’s will. Yeah, we know what happened to those types in the bible. SMH.
*surprise
What the hell. When will we ever see seperation between church and state?? When doing political stuff like this let it just be that POLITICS
So it’s bad to let same sex people marry, but it’s totally ok to have 6 kids in an overpopulated world?
“[Federal religious freedom law] is a shield, not a sword” -Bush-Appointed Judge
“Be Wary of those who Claim to Know God’s Will for Your Life” -Job 32-37
screw this guy he knows nothing but how to play football no one these days really cares about the will of someones so called god
dumb idiots
morons…morons everywhere.
Vomit. What about divorce bigot?
I suppose God himself told you this
God’s will for him. People need to stop putting their ways of life out there and expecting everyone else to be them! They are so convinced their way is right that they think its right for everyone. But everyone is unique. To put in a plain picture: we are all parts of a body. And eyeball can not do the foots job and so on. Of course thats a very simplified version of very very complex people but you have to grant another person his own beingness or else not only will you not reach them, you wont even be able to communicate with them. Whats real to you is real to you and thats just a starting point. Just because you talk to someone dont make you 1 of them – the feeling that hurts you so bad when your associating with them – you have to make them more like you so you are not like them. But these people think they get a little bit of fame and can chage the world to there own comfort zone. They call its saving us. Now, I am saved for excepting christ died in my place, most likely like this Matt fella. He don’t need to be making me uncomfortable like a drunk pushing up on me at a bar cause it”s the direction he is sees to go. EVERYONE CHOOSE FOR YOURSELF. It is your own choices that will bring you rewards good or bad. You have that god given right. To make mistakes and learn from them Is also a god given right. He told Adam, don’t eat from the tree. From the very 1st man, even the fact that the tree was even placed there in the 1st place, shows God wants use to be allowed to choose for ourselves. Noone should pressure anyone into anything at anytime. Oh yes, by all means state whats right for you. Just don’t expect it to be for everyone or some kind of cure for what you think is our disease. It only means it is what is right for you.
He is probably gay
Stop being so close minded nfl Matt Birk!
this is Sooo sad!!! These days the definition of family has been changed. Love, nurturing, understanding….that’s what matter. I am a bisexual woman, and all of my children are Amazing people. Correct me if I am wrong but the catholic church covered up the fact that Many of their priests were molesting young children. Huh, NONE of my sisters would EVER do that!!!!
That’s YOUR god. Shut up about anyone except yourself you jerk!
GOD’S WILL OR ANY PERSON’S GOD’S WILL HAS NO RELEVANCE HERE………..SEPARATION OF CHURCH AND STATE MEANS EXACTLY THAT…………….
and he, being a football player, would be an expert on what’s God’s will?
OH PLEASE…he doesn’t even know the ‘history regarding God, Sacred Scriptures and the church’…
I’m really glad some one is saying he knows what god wants…..especially since that big homophobic book that was written by a man keeps contradicting itself
Wow-when did people from the NFL become experts on god’s will, politics and homosexuality? Who gives a shit what some overpaid meathead has to say-about anything?
THIS SOB NEEDS TO BE SUSPENDED FINED FIRED .
What a FUCKING IDIOT.
Wow-what a jerk
To deny human nature is to deny God’s creation. Matt, better get on message.
wtf assholes are among us god save me from this rabble!
What a complete ass! In the line of God? Really dipshit….my happiness is IN the HEART of God! When will people realize that we were born this way! I didn’t wake up one day and say I am gonna stop sucking pole. I think I am going ro make my life just a bit more challenging, be gay and be judged! People suck
first of all it WILL affect your kids THEY WILL BE LESS HATEFUL AND BIGOTED, second GOD’s will is for women to be subservant..is you wife your slave? and third according t o “GOD’s” will, raped women MUST MARRY thier rapist..TRADITIONAL MARRIAGE>>>
uhm… what we’re asking for has nothing to do with your god, damn it!
soon to be a washed-up has-been second-rate brainless jock.
This washed up piece of shit needs to fuck right off!
Those who claim to know God’s for me concern me soooo much!
Love how opponent countered with,” I will support your right to worship at whatever altar you choose, but I will not support you trying to force it on someone else, or to deny someone else legal benefits due to religious reasoning!” hate it when people use that “religious shield” to justify hate!
god who???