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NY Mets silence Christian baseball player for expressing acceptance but disagreement with homosexuality

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Daniel Murphy (Photo credit: Wikipedia ) A Major League Baseball player has been told by his team, the New York Mets, to keep his religious views to himself and only talk about the sport in public after he expressed his Christian view of homosexuality. Reporters asked Mets infielder Daniel Murphy to comment on his team’s decision to sign up openly homosexual player Billy Bean, dubbed Major League Baseball's "inclusion ambassador" by the New Jersey  Star-Ledger , to attend spring training camp. Murphy said that, from his Christian perspective, he doesn't condone Bean's lifestyle but would welcome him to the team. "I disagree with his lifestyle," Murphy said. "I do disagree with the fact that Billy is a homosexual.” “That doesn't mean I can't still invest in him and get to know him,” he quickly added. “I don't think the fact that someone is a homosexual should completely shut the door on investing in them in a relational aspec...