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Clip description: For it’s 8th annual Night Out at the Nationals, Team DC broke a new record with more than 4,000 tickets sold as part of the nation’s largest LGBT night in professional sports. Taking part in the celebrations were Rep. Jared Polis (D-Colo.), who threw out the first pitch; special guests Benjamin Jealous, president of the NAACP and outspoken …

“In the larger picture, the homosexual activists are trying to have their ideology become dominant not only in the most liberal segments of society, like academia, but in the most conservative institutions, such as the military, the church, and now in sports. Liberals attack conservatives for the idea of legislating morality, but this is exactly what’s happening when one of …

More good news in the world of sports. Major League Baseball, which saw Jackie Robinson break the color barrier in 1947, today will announce incremental progress in another civil rights issue. The new Collective Bargaining Agreement adds “sexual orientation” to its section on discrimination, a person with direct knowledge of the agreement told the Daily News. Article XV, Section A …

“I don’t think we’re there yet, and I think that is sad. But it is going to happen. It is going to take one of the great players to come out. At some point, one of our athletes is going to reveal that he is gay, and I think that will be a joyous moment – not only for gays …

Via Minneapolis’ City Pages blog: Taylor Campione and Kelsi Culpepper — two lesbian women from Minneapolis — were recently scolded by a Target Field security guard for what they call a “brief kiss.” After seeing the quick peck on the lips, the guard told the women that “we don’t play grab ass here” and that they must “adhere to the …

At the urging of a very young fan, the Boston Red Sox have agreed to become the third major league sports team to record an “It Gets Better” video. The Advocate reports: Sam Maden, a 12-year-old Sox fan, petitioned the team via Change.org to create a video for the project, founded by Dan Savage and Terry Miller as a way …

The Chicago Cubs have announced their intent to follow the lead of the San Francisco Giants and create an It Gets Better clip. The Cubs will be the second professional sports team to participate in the “It Gets Better” campaign following the San Francisco Giants who released their video earlier this week. “The Cubs applaud the Giants for their stand …

San Francisco Giants pitcher Brian Wilson has launched a virtual “beard-touching” website.

News of Bin Laden’s death rocketed around the stadium at last night’s Phillies-Mets game, leaving the players a bit befuddled as to why the fans were suddenly cheering and chanting.

The Atlanta Braves have suspended their pitching coach after he heckled fans at a San Francisco game by shouting, “Are you a homo couple or a threesome?” and then simulating anal sex with a baseball bat. The Braves have placed pitching coach Roger McDowell on administrative leave while they continue to investigate allegations that he directed anti-gay slurs toward fans …