When Homophobia Invades the Soccer Pitch

I don't know why anyone wouldn't want to play this soccer team from Paris. But apparently some Muslim team considered them too gay to play.

"Sorry, but because of the name of your team and in keeping with the principles of the team, which is a team of practising Muslims, we cannot play against you," said the e-mail, according to PFG's co-founder and current president Pascal Brethes.....Our convictions are stronger than a game of football."

Even though the Paris Foot Gay team is made up of all kinds of people... gay and straight. And exists to fight prejudice.

"We (PFG) are first and foremost an association which is against homophobia in football," he said, adding the the club had "heterosexuals, blacks, whites, north Africans, and several different religions."

Christians, Jews and Muslims including the coach.

What a pity eh? It could have been an occasion for friendship or at least some new understanding.

Now it'll probably just add to the tensions between some Muslims communities and those who believe in France's secular tradition. And give more ammunition to the Muslim bashers of this world.

I'll never be one of them of course. But I do love soccer. Mixing politics and sport is bad enough, and mixing sport and religion is even WORSE.So I hope the league stands up to these narrowminded fanatics.

And gives them a red card for homophobia.
















You don't want to play with others?

You WANKERS.

Then go play with yourselves...

The Great Israeli Palestinian Soccer Game

A few weeks ago this ad for an Israeli mobile phone company went down like a lead balloon.

Or in this case a lead soccer ball...



Or a stun grenade.

The commercial’s tagline, “what, after all, do we all want? To have a little fun,” only serves to make this terrible, horrible, no good, very bad idea even worse.

Back to the drawing board with you, Cellcom. And no more associating the word “fun” with the plight of millions.

So now there's another version of the ad...



Hmmmm.... I think I like the second ad better because it's more REALISTIC.

But I have to admit that I don't hate the first one as much as most of my friends. Oh sure I hate the occupation, that big ugly wall and the suffering it inflicts on Palestinians.

But you see I also LOVE soccer, just like I love both sides in that neverending horror show. So to see them kicking soccer balls at each other, rather than killing each other, strikes me as a teeny step in the right direction.

And besides....I've always had this CRAZY dream.

The Israeli Palestinian All Stars are playing the Rest of the World All Stars in this humungous soccer game. I'm playing for the Rest of the World All Stars...um... naturally. And I score the WINNING goal !!!!!

Into my own net. Just to make sure THEY win.

Because they both really need it eh?

Oh sure it's just a dream. Too bad about that ugly wall.

That's what soccer does to me...

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h/t The Daily Dish