Mets Player Daniel Murphy Not Thrilled With The Gay Lifestyle

From NPR: For some of the faithful who proudly wear Mets orange and blue, however, cheering for Daniel Murphy right now is a bit more complicated.

Last spring, former major league player Billy Bean, who is gay, paid a visit to the Mets in his role as baseball’s “Inclusion Ambassador.” Murphy responded to a question about the visit, saying he “disagreed” with Bean’s gay “lifestyle.”

“Honestly, if was really hurtful,” says Jon Raj, 46, a lifelong Mets fan who’s a gay father of an 8-year-old boy. Raj — pronounced “Ray,” — wrote an open letter to Murphy in the Huffington Post. In the letter, Raj praised Murphy for being “a great baseball player and a role model for [Raj’s] son.” But Raj also called Murphy’s statement “offensive.”

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