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French Soccer Team Boots Gay Player

Paris gay group demands sanctions

By Mary Papenfuss,  Newser Staff

Posted Sep 9, 2010 8:14 AM CDT

(Newser) – A French soccer team has booted a player for being gay. Yoann Lemaire took a sabbatical last year from amateur club FC Chooz after teammates went on a homophobic rant on TV. Now team managers won't let him return, saying they want to avoid stirring up any trouble with his teammates. He played for the team for 14 years, reports the AP.

Gay soccer organization Paris Foot Gay is calling for sanctions against the team. FC Chooz should be punished to "help the football world to realize that homophobia is as bad as racism and anti-Semitism," said an organizer.

Yoann Lemaire has been dumped after 14 years of playing.
Yoann Lemaire has been dumped after 14 years of playing.   (yaggvideo)
Yoann Lemaire has been dumped after 14 years of playing.
Yoann Lemaire has been dumped after 14 years of playing.   (AP Photo/Francisco Seco)
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Cat-Lover
Sep 10, 2010 9:46 PM CDT
For a soccer team from France (Ha,ha, ha) doing that takes some big balls.
JB55Pisces
Sep 10, 2010 1:11 AM CDT
They should have just given him a big pinch.
Kookey90
Sep 9, 2010 11:11 PM CDT
In an interview with the local press the team manager said there was nothing wrong with the player’s performance on the field. It’s just that things were getting uncomfortable with all those antics that were going on in the shower room; seems that none of the team members could turn their backs on this guy. When he asked if anyone was interested in a game of poker, it wasn’t the card game that he was referring to. There was also some talk about this player hating to leave his buddies behind.

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