i'm speaking on behalf of karl anthony malone.ling you that some of my best friends are gay. that don't test my manhood, but another thing, it is time for us to kind of accept it. it is here guys. we got to accept it. i'm not here to go back and forth with anybody what they think. i'm telling you i personally have experience with john amaechi my brother-in-law, who iely love like he's my blood brother, is kin, he's openly gay. i'm not here to judge. that's not what the point is. the point of the matter is the point of the matter is it is here we can be can go on from there. i'm a southern baptist. my wife is catholic okay? so our children are catholic. we don't care about all that. what we're trying to do is understand other people and enjoy and tolerate. it is not an epidemic that if we touch a gay person we're going to kick over and die. that's your opinion. and this is my opinion. and i see iti, k message, i'm not hiding from anybody, i'm big enough to take care of myself, but the fact of the matter is we can get on with life a