Former Del. Emmett C. Burns Jr., the first African American elected to statewide office representing Baltimore County, and the founding pastor at Rising Sun First Baptist Church, died Thursday.
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Former Del. Emmett C. Burns Jr., the first African American elected to statewide office representing Baltimore County, and the founding pastor at Rising Sun First Baptist Church, died Thursday.
in just a moment. first i want to go back to something we first talked about on the show on friday. a former minnesota viking punter chris kluwe gained notoriety last summer when he came out in support of marriage equality by writing an open letter to emmett c. burns jr. calling burns a bigot. big got for encouraging the nfl to steer clear of supporting gay rights. then last week, kluwe just about blew up the internet with a tell-all letter published on deadspin.com in which he suggested he was cut from the vikings because of his gay writes advocacy, writing i honestly don t know if my activism was the reason i got fired. however, i m pretty confident it was. kluwe also accused special teams coach mike priefer of bigotry for allegedly saying in a team meeting, we should round up all the gays, send them to an island and nuke it until it glows. some of kluwe s former teammates rallied around the coach. blair walsh, i personally can attest to his character. his professionalism in the