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In a scathing, insult-laced letter, Kluwe berated Maryland Rep. Emmett Burns for trying to silence Baltimore Ravens linebacker Brendon Ayanbadejo, a vocal supporter of gay marriage.

"I can assure you that gay people getting married will have zero effect on your life. They won't come into your house and steal your children. They won't magically turn you into a lustful c**kmonster," Kluwe wrote, using a slang term for the male anatomy. "They won't even overthrow the government in an orgy of hedonistic debauchery because all of a sudden they have the same legal rights as the other 90 percent of our population."

The letter from Kluwe, who punts footballs 50 yards every week, was a swift kick of sarcasm: "You may want to hire an intern to help you with the longer words," peppered with a colorful collection of insults - "you also come across as a narcissistic fromunda stain," condemning Burns for trying to prevent Ayanbadejo from standing up for "freedom."

Last week Burns sent a letter asking Ravens owner Steve Biscoitti to force Ayanbadejo to keep his political opinions to himself. Burns said the linebacker should "concentrate on football and steer clear of dividing the fan base," which Burns claimed was "aghast and appalled" to learn that Ayanbadejo supported gay marriage.

"I am requesting that you take the necessary action, as a National Football Franchise owner, to inhibit such expressions from your employee and that he be ordered to cease and desist from such injurious actions," Burns wrote to Biscoitti. " I know of no other NFL player who has done what Mr. Ayanbadejo is doing."

That plea for silence was just enough to set Ayanbadejo's fellow NFL player aflame. Kluwe took to the blogosphere, responding to Burns' letter with his own, posted to Deadspin Friday.

The Vikings player goes on to call Burns "mind-boggingly stupid" for trying to strip his fellow NLF player of his First Amendment right to free speech. Kluwe points out that Burns, a Baptist minister, also enjoys the First Amendment right to religious freedom.

"To call that hypocritical would be to do a disservice to the word," Kluwe wrote. "Mindf**king obscenely hypocritical starts to approach it a little bit."

Kluwe said in the letter that he hopes his response makes Burns "reflect upon the magnitude of the colossal foot in mouth clusterf**k you so brazenly unleashed."

"P.S.," Kluwe concludes, "I've also been vocal as hell about the issue of gay marriage so you can take your 'I know of no other NFL player who has done what Mr. Ayanbadejo is doing' and shove it in your close-minded, totally lacking in empathy piehole and choke on it. A**hole."

Vidav wrote:Punters are angry people.

JohnStOnge wrote:If he was so smart he wouldn't think that the First Amendment has anything to do with this.

And, BTW, I'll take this as yet another occasion to point out that any person in this country has, for a long time, had the same rights in terms of marriage as any other person. Any person is free to marry a member of the opposite sex. If you don't want to do that, fine. But don't say you don't have the same rights as everyone else has because you don't want to do it.

There is no issue here of anybody not having the same right (actually, recognition and not right) as anybody else has. Never has been. And the claim that anybody is being denied any "right" by virtue of marriage being defined as a relationship between one man and one woman has always been a crock.

89Hen wrote:Another intolerant Liberal is all I see here. Funny that the article Kalm posted never mentions Burns is a Dem.

kalm wrote:

89Hen wrote:Another intolerant Liberal is all I see here. Funny that the article Kalm posted never mentions Burns is a Dem.

No shit?

89Hen wrote:

kalm wrote:
No shit?

And black at that.

kalm wrote:

89Hen wrote: And black at that.

So does this mean I have to defend him now? Feel sorry for him? Hate Kluwe? I'm confused...

89Hen wrote:

kalm wrote:
So does this mean I have to defend him now? Feel sorry for him? Hate Kluwe? I'm confused...

I don't blame you for being confused.

kalm wrote:

89Hen wrote: I don't blame you for being confused.

I don't get it...

89Hen wrote:

kalm wrote:
I don't get it...

Call me exandos but I just found it interesting that not only did your article not clue in that he was black, nor that he was a Dem, but that you also titled this "Preacher turned Rep". Rep could easily stand for Representative or Republican.

kalm wrote:But in a perfect world, his race or party affiliation shouldn't have much to do with the story...no?

89Hen wrote:

kalm wrote:But in a perfect world, his race or party affiliation shouldn't have much to do with the story...no?

That's kinda what makes this funny. If he WERE a Republican, you can bet your ass it would be mentioned in pretty much every article, at least as far as saying "In a scathing, insult-laced letter, Kluwe berated Maryland Rep. Emmett Burns (R)...". The fact that he's a black Dem means they won't ID him as either.

If you were so smart you'd see the nuance.