Homophobic DC Lawyer-Lobbyist Jack Burkman — Earned His Minutes of Fame by Being a Dumb Ass on So Many Levels — that He becomes an Exquisite Expression of Human Stupidity

© 2014 Peter Free

 

25 February 2014

 

 

This is so richly perfect an expression of aggressive stupidity that I have to record it

 

Former Missouri football star, Michael Sam, recently announced that he was gay.  Which apparently set some of the vicariously violence-loving homophobes in NFL Land agog with moral indignation — even though Mr. Sam’s credentials as an All-American and 2013 SEC Defensive Player of the Year are impeccably “manly”.

 

Among these folk, DC lobbyist-lawyer Jack Burkman began his personal ascent of Mount Brainless by saying this:

 

 

”We are losing our decency as a nation.  Imagine your son being forced to shower with a gay man.

 

“That’s a horrifying prospect for every mom in the country. What in the world has this nation come to?

 

“If the NFL has no morals and no values, then Congress must find values for it.”

 

© 2014 Rebecca Shabad, Lobbyist drafts bill to block gays from NFL, The Hill (24 February 2014) (extracts)

 

Yes, by golly — there oughta be a law.  It’s right here in the Bible, somewhere, I think.

 

 

Bottomless professional foolishness

 

Perhaps it takes an attorney to fully appreciate Mr. Burkman’s stupidity.

 

Essentially he is saying that he wants Congress to interfere with interstate commerce by banning gay men from the National Football League, even if the league itself, an essentially private employer, does not care.

 

This position would not pass legal scrutiny on so many levels that an even mediocre federal or state judge would laugh in Burkman’s face.

 

 

The moral? — Bigotry makes fools of us

 

Prejudice limits brainpower.  The soul-crushing weight of unreasoning hostility and fear tempts us to resort to air-headed self-justifications that are allegedly based on a higher authority.

 

That is exactly why thoughtful people separate Church from State.