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Major League Baseball adds protection for its gay players

Baseball  Rawlings

Non-discrimination protections based on sexual orientation were added to Article XV.”

A line from Major League Baseball’s new Collective Bargaining Agreement, officially protecting gay baseball players from discrimination. The current contract is set to expire on Dec. 11. The new contract should go into effect on that date. Now, if only those gay players — and only they know they you are — would just out themselves at the ball game. After munching some peanuts and Cracker Jacks…. (Chicagopride.com)

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