Italian Football Coach Says No to Openly Gay Couples
Italy coach Marcello Lippi on Wednesday said he would not select two players for his squad if they were openly involved in a homosexual relationship. But the veteran coach, who led Italy to World Cup glory in 2006, insisted that choice was not due to homophobia but due to the requirements of team morale. “In the current climate, two national team players could never be involved in an open relationship,” he told a web-TV station. “This is not a question of culture but is more related to the fact that such a relation would create conflicts contrary to the interests of the dynamics of the group. “Imagine how a homosexual couple in football would be perceived.
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Oh grow up1 A same sex relationship may not affect the atmosphere of the team no more than a hetrosexual relationship would. It becomes a problem when you have men like this coach institutionalizing homophobia. I suppose the 300 had disruptions because of their fabled love for each other and it made them a formidable force to be reckoned with as a group of warriors. When you have men or women who make such ignorant statements such as this article raises, it is a clear indication that we have much more work to do to make this a better place for all people in society. If you do not change and adapt you become irrelevant or obsolete.
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