{"id":3803,"date":"2009-09-25T13:59:30","date_gmt":"2009-09-25T13:59:30","guid":{"rendered":""},"modified":"2009-09-25T13:59:30","modified_gmt":"2009-09-25T13:59:30","slug":"how-d-we-miss-this-baltimore-ravens-linebacker-supports-marriage-equality","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/proudparenting.com\/2009\/09\/how-d-we-miss-this-baltimore-ravens-linebacker-supports-marriage-equality\/","title":{"rendered":"How&#8217;d We Miss This?: Baltimore Ravens linebacker supports marriage equality"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Brendon Ayanbadejo [pronounced eye-an-buh-DAY-joe] &#8211; Baltimore Ravens linebacker &#8211; <a href=\"http:\/\/www.huffingtonpost.com\/brendon-ayanbadejo\/same-sex-marriages-whats_b_190591.html\" target=\"_blank\">posted an evolved position on <strong>HuffPost<\/strong> concerning his stance on marriage equality<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>Ayanbadejo says, &#8220;If Britney Spears can party it up in Vegas with one of her boys and go get married on a whim and annul her marriage the next day, why can&#8217;t a loving same sex couple tie the knot? How could our society grant more rights to a heterosexual one night stand wedding in Vegas than a gay couple that has been together for 3, 5, 10 years of true love?&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>Brendon graduated from Santa Cruz high school, then played college football at UCLA.  This is his 7th season in the NFL.  He was born in Chicago and he&#8217;s 33-years old.  <a href=\"http:\/\/www.nfl.com\/players\/brendonayanbadejo\/profile?id=AYA436705\" target=\"_blank\">Interested readers take note that he&#8217;s 6-1 and 225 lbs<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>According to Wikipedia, &#8220;Ayanbadejo wrote for the Santa Cruz Sentinel his first couple of years in the NFL. <a href=\"http:\/\/www.fitkidsact.org\/\" target=\"_blank\">He has advocated for the passage of the <strong>FIT Kids Act<\/strong><\/a>, federal legislation that would require school districts to report on students&#8217; physical activity and to give youngsters health and nutritional information.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>Here&#8217;s a pic of Brendon Ayanbadejo celebrating a recent victory with his daughter.  You can read his full post about marriage equality at: <a href=\"http:\/\/www.huffingtonpost.com\/brendon-ayanbadejo\/same-sex-marriages-whats_b_190591.html\" target=\"_blank\"><strong>Huffington Post<\/strong><\/a>.<\/p>\n<p><cite>Image:  J. 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