Why isn't Jazz owner under fire? (Brokeback)

[TrueAmerican]

Why isn't Jazz owner under fire?

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By LZ Granderson
Special to Page 2

I am not a Danny Fortson fan.


I don't know him personally, but just from watching his style of play, I don't like him. So when Fortson came under fire earlier this season for saying, when asked about the possibility of having a gay teammate, "I wouldn't want to be on that team," I thought he got what he deserved for his homophobic comments. Not for expressing his opinion, but for having a dumb one.


So it's a tad baffling to me that while Fortson, Paul Pierce, Allen Iverson and Jason Williams have been publicly berated by pundits and chastised by the NBA for making anti-gay remarks, Utah Jazz owner Larry H. Miller has gone relatively untouched after his recent act of blatant discrimination.



Shouldn't Jazz owner Larry H. Miller be taking some heat?
You see, in addition to the Jazz, Miller owns Megaplex 17, a movie theater in Sandy, Utah. Two Fridays ago it was scheduled to begin showing "Brokeback Mountain." The film, starring Heath Ledger and Jake Gyllenhaal, has already won a slew of awards, is up for seven Golden Globes and is expected to make a big Oscar splash. It chronicles the 20-year love affair between two cowboys. Two male cowboys.


According to the Salt Lake City Tribune, Miller didn't know the subject matter until a radio interviewer asked him about it the day it was supposed to open. Less than two hours after the interview, "Brokeback" was pulled from the theater, with a typewritten note stuck to the ticket window that read: "There has been a change in booking and we will not be showing 'Brokeback Mountain.' We apologize for any inconvenience."
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http://sports.espn.go.com/espn/print?id=2291406&type=story

[rodeodance]

1. cause he lives in Utah.

[Loonman]

2. Reason #1

>Miller owns Megaplex 17<

[Bill McBlueState]

3. well, there's some heat

I've never read anything by LZ Granderson before, but it's refreshing to see a sportswriter on a popular national website standing up for progressive values. Espn.com's Page 2 has a readership mostly made up of 18 to 30-something sports nuts, who need to see a column like this.

[medeak]

4. gays boycotting his car dealerships n/t