[{"@context":"https:\/\/schema.org\/","@type":"BlogPosting","@id":"https:\/\/equallywed.com\/chris-kluwe-not-apologizing-for-marriage-equality-letter\/#BlogPosting","mainEntityOfPage":"https:\/\/equallywed.com\/chris-kluwe-not-apologizing-for-marriage-equality-letter\/","headline":"Chris Kluwe Not Apologizing for Marriage Equality Letter","name":"Chris Kluwe Not Apologizing for Marriage Equality Letter","description":"By Brittny Drye Minnesota Vikings punter Chris Kluwe has received some fierce feedback since unleashing his fury in letter form against Maryland House of Delegates...","datePublished":"2012-09-24","dateModified":"2021-07-08","author":{"@type":"Person","@id":"https:\/\/equallywed.com\/author\/admin\/#Person","name":"Equally Wed","url":"https:\/\/equallywed.com\/author\/admin\/","identifier":787,"image":{"@type":"ImageObject","@id":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/ca62cf123aaaf135c80b055249bacbda79de9226e11cdfcde6529bedf89683de?s=96&r=g","url":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/ca62cf123aaaf135c80b055249bacbda79de9226e11cdfcde6529bedf89683de?s=96&r=g","height":96,"width":96}},"publisher":{"@type":"Organization","name":"Equally Wed","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","@id":"http:\/\/equallywed.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/08\/equally-wed-lgbtq-weddings-logo.jpg","url":"http:\/\/equallywed.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/08\/equally-wed-lgbtq-weddings-logo.jpg","width":218,"height":60}},"image":{"@type":"ImageObject","@id":"https:\/\/equallywed.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/marriage-equality-chris-kluwe-deadspin-letter.jpg","url":"https:\/\/equallywed.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/marriage-equality-chris-kluwe-deadspin-letter.jpg","height":498,"width":340},"url":"https:\/\/equallywed.com\/chris-kluwe-not-apologizing-for-marriage-equality-letter\/","about":["Marriage Equality News"],"wordCount":274,"articleBody":" By Brittny DryeMinnesota Vikings punter Chris Kluwe has received some fierce feedback since unleashing his fury in letter form against Maryland House of Delegates member Emmett C. Burns Jr. via a Deadspin article.In the letter, he insults the legislator with, admittedly, a hefty amount of obscenities, but he\u2019s not apologizing for it. And why should he? The issue of human rights shouldn\u2019t be censored. It hits home, hard, for many in our population, so why tone down the passion that it instills?\u201cIf you\u2019re turned off by the swearing and the scatological reference or a genital mashup, then you\u2019re not looking at the content of the message,\u201d he explained in a recent interview. \u201cAnd the difference between my letter and Mr.Burns\u2019 letter is that, yeah, while my letter on the surface may seem shocking, what Mr. Burns did with his words was absolutely a disgrace to the English language, because he\u2019s trying to use the English language to oppress someone else.\u201dThis letter went viral from its mature website source, but I\u2019m willing to bet that if Kluwe hadn\u2019t used such colorful choice of words, it would not have received the publicity that it had. Therefore, the issue of Burns\u2019 bigoted statement would not have been spotlighted nearly as much.That\u2019s not to say we should dismiss any sense of respect toward the opposition, but if the fire is lit, don\u2019t smother it out just to play nice. Kluwe reminded us of what we’re fighting against and that we should sometimes second guess before sugar coating the soapbox.Photo: citypages.com"},{"@context":"https:\/\/schema.org\/","@type":"BreadcrumbList","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"name":"Chris Kluwe Not Apologizing for Marriage Equality Letter","item":"https:\/\/equallywed.com\/chris-kluwe-not-apologizing-for-marriage-equality-letter\/#breadcrumbitem"}]}]