A federal judge in Seattle says a gay softball organization can limit the number of heterosexual players on each team.But, what if a straight softball league wanted to limit their membership to straight players only? Do you think the judge would find a similar First Amendment right? (Hint: He should, but I don't know if political correctness would allow it these days.)
The North American Gay Amateur Athletic Alliance oversees gay softball leagues in dozens of U.S. cities and runs an annual tournament called the Gay Softball World Series. Three men claim in a lawsuit that their team's second-place finish in the 2008 tournament in Washington state was nullified because they are bisexual, not gay, and thus their team exceeded the limit of two non-gay players.
U.S. District Judge John Coughenour ruled this week that the organization has a First Amendment right to limit the number of heterosexual players. However, the judge did say that questions remain about the way the softball association applied its rule, and so the case can proceed.
Thursday, June 02, 2011
How Gay Do You Have to Be for The Gay Softball League?
Apparently, not that gay:
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Should men be allowed on women's teams?
You asked, "[W]what if a straight softball league wanted to limit their membership to straight players only?"
If you read the judge's reasoning in the AP article to which you link in the lead-in to the article the same way I do, then the answer is unequivocally that such a limitation would be their right and, I would argue, their obligation. My Google searches didn't turn up any evidence of a straight softball league already in existence, so it's probably a hypothetical, but if there is one, now or in the future, of course a straight league should limit itself to straight players, just as, like Sam L. correctly points out, a women's league should only include female players.
David A. Young
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