Chris Kluwe Writes Open Letter Criticizing Texans Owner Bob McNair

Chris Kluwe has long been a staunch supporter of the LGBT community, and the opinionated former NFL punter didn't hold back in an open letter that accused Houston Texans owner Bob McNair of bigotry.

In an article Kluwe wrote for the Cauldron, the 33-year-old free agent lambasted McNair for donating $10,000 to a group that opposes the Houston Equal Rights Ordinance. According to HRC.org, HERO helps protect Houston residents from discrimination on the basis of several different criteria, including sexual orientation.

Kluwe chided McNair throughout the letter and wondered why he supports an anti-HERO campaign, often while using colorful language, such as this:

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"Surely," I said to myself, "one of the NFL's thirty-two owners, businessmen with more accumulated wealth than most third world nations and completely vested in the well-being of the society that afforded them such success ... surely this man could not be a pants-on-head, cowhumping glue-huffer stupid enough to buy in on clearly outdated ideals of bigotry and intolerance?"

Sadly, however, it appears I must hide my livestock, because the facts do not lie. You have, indeed, donated $10,000 to a cause whose sole purpose is to denigrate a specific group of American citizens. Which begs the question — WHY?

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Kluwe didn't stop there, as he continued to criticize McNair before offering this advice at the end of his letter:

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In conclusion, the Supreme Court is not on your side, Bob. The President is not on your side. The general population is definitely not on your side, and history sure as hell is not on your side. So the next time you have $10K burning a hole in your pocket — which is basically always — why don't you do something useful with that money and donate it to Trans Lifeline, or an LBGT youth shelter, or hell, light it on fire and flambe the tip of your (expletive) until your tears put out the flames, because all of those would be more beneficial to our world than what you just did.

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This is far from the first time Kluwe has spoken out against someone associated with the NFL for his or her views on the LGBT community. In a 2014 Deadspin article, he accused Minnesota Vikings special teams coordinator Mike Priefer of being a bigot and Vikings general manager Rick Spielman of cutting him primarily due to his disagreements with Priefer.

Kluwe has not punted in a regular-season NFL game since the Vikes released him following the 2012 season, but that clearly hasn't silenced the former UCLA standout.

The NFL has yet to comment on McNair's decision to donate money to an anti-HERO group, but Kluwe bringing awareness to the subject puts the league and McNair in a position where they may feel forced to address it publicly.

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