Know those kiss cams they have at sporting events, which provide cute, sappy, sometimes even funny moments?

Apparently the WNBA's Mystics don't do that at their games. The reason? Lesbians are a major fan base and the Mystics don't want to offend others should two women kiss on the cam.

"We got a lot of kids here," Sheila Johnson, the Mystics' managing partner, said when asked last week at a game. "We just don't find it appropriate."

The team's point guard says:

"We wouldn't broadcast on our Jumbotron about abortion issues because of the religious and political conflicts it would cause," said Lindsey Harding, the team's point guard. "It's a similar, sensitive subject. We don't want to put anything out there to turn down certain fans."

But of course the NBA team doesn't do that:

"We wouldn't broadcast on our Jumbotron about abortion issues because of the religious and political conflicts it would cause," said Lindsey Harding, the team's point guard. "It's a similar, sensitive subject. We don't want to put anything out there to turn down certain fans."

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August 5, 2009 2:28 AM

[0+]  dormouse said:

I thought this was going to be a positive story about how they didn't want to make assumptions about who was a couple in the audience. Oh well.

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August 5, 2009 9:59 AM

[0+]  76cents said:

that's sad. this touched me. I have two sons. I would not be upset at any couple kissing. How sad that people are judged so differently

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August 5, 2009 12:53 PM

[0+]  dangerfield said:

Excellent topic. The Wizards always end their "Kiss Cam" segments by zooming in on two players on the opposing team's bench, providing the expectation that they kiss--they see themselves on the scoreboard and pull away--which elicits a laugh from the crowd. This is predicated on a negative attitude towards homosexuality: i.e. the suggestion that your opponents are gay makes them weak. Pretty disturbing basis for a joke.

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August 5, 2009 3:21 PM

[0+]  Brad replied to dangerfield :

Good point. I believe most other teams do that as well, with the other team's players. Which when you think of it goes contrary to the rest of society, which says two women kissing is "hot" but two men kissing is "disgusting".

Guess in this case it's considered to be funny, because there's not the danger they would actually and, as you said, that being gay = being weak.

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