Super Bowl Pro-Gay Marriage Moment Sends Beautiful Love Message

[presence]

I had personally never heard of "Coldplay" prior to watching the stupor bowl.

I did a bit of web research to find out where the term "coldplay" originated prior to being a band name, I came up with:

Sex with a corpse; necromancy
Sex after sitting in ice water so it feels like you're having sex with a corpse; oral sex involving ice for the same purpose.
Sex with no emotional attachment to the other person.
Sex while really depressed and/or crying.
Sex with an unconscious or heavily sedated person

...most references with gay connotation.





http://www.bustle.com/articles/14033...age-about-love

Super Bowl 50's Pro-Gay Marriage Moment Sends A Beautiful Message About Love


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Seth Millstein
10 hours ago News

Everything at the Super Bowl halftime show was covered in rainbows, from Coldplay singer Chris Martin's shirt to the stage he was dancing on. At first, it seemed like an arbitrary artistic decision, but the intent became clear at the end. After the performances were over, the audience flipped over rainbow-colored placards that read "Believe In Love," a tacit endorsement of marriage equality. The Super Bowl's pro-gay marriage moment was refreshing and unexpected, and illustrated just how much public sentiment on the issue has changed over the last several years.
In a sense, it wasn't too surprising. Super Bowl 50 was hosted in San Francisco — though the actual game took place in nearby Santa Clara — and San Francisco has long been a both an epicenter for gay rights and a very LGBTQ-friendly city in general. Harvey Milk's 1977 election to the San Francisco Board of Supervisors was a watershed event in gay history, and in 2003, then-mayor Gavin Newsom unilaterally ordered gay marriages to be performed in the city over a decade before the Supreme Court legalized marriage equality worldwide.
I'll admit, I felt a chill down my spine (the good kind) when I saw "Believe In Love" displayed so prominently at one of the most popular sports events in America. This was a combination of local pride — I was born and used to live in San Francisco — and the simple reminder of the country's progress on LGBTQ acceptance. Even five years ago, it wouldn't have been conceivably for the Super Bowl to express an unabashedly pro-gay message during the halftime show.

1D concert VS. Superbowl Halftime Show
Both beautiful. Both represent love and dedication. pic.twitter.com/5TZxmCWbyu
— oi tommo (@organicfonds) February 8, 2016

Best Super Bowl performance, thank you Coldplay for showcasing that Love wins pic.twitter.com/NHXLlB3YU9
— Buddy Project (@ProjectBuddy) February 8, 2016

It was an important symbolic moment, and given the NFL's reputation for rampant homophobia, a very welcome one.

[angelatc]

fa ggot s gotta f ag

[specsaregood]

Good, if the general public feels gay for watching the superbowl, all the better in my opinion.

[brushfire]

[asurfaholic]

I thought it was pretty gay myself.

[youngbuck]

Just another inescapable sign of this country's moral degradation. We're doomed.

Our Constitution was made only for a moral and religious people. It is wholly inadequate to the government of any other.

- John Adams

[sam1952]

Funny, I'm and old guy (63) and when the show started I thought, oh, this is gonna kinda be like the "All you need is Love" video the Beatles did years ago. Flowers, bright colors.... that hippie feeling... At the end I thought wow, that seemed a little over the top but hey, I remembered my grandma making fun of guys with long hair and thinking how she didn't get it. Flower Power, Peace, Love, to those that remember those times.

But at the end it didn't give me the same vibe as before. It just felt empty. I honestly didn't get the gay pride but I see it's there now. Along with Black lives matter (had to read an article to get the reference to the Black Panthers).

Honestly I didn't feel it was entertaining before I got it and don't now either.


"There's nothing you can do that can't be done
Nothing you can sing that can't be sung
Nothing you can say but you can learn how to play the game
It's easy"................

[Unknownuser]

I would normally give no $#@! about pro gayness but if the government and media are forcing it down our throats there has got to be an agenda behind it.

[navy-vet]

I would normally give no $#@! about pro gayness but if the government and media are forcing it down our throats there has got to be an agenda behind it.

That's something to consider...

[Brian4Liberty]

I had personally never heard of "Coldplay" prior to watching the stupor bowl.

I did a bit of web research to find out where the term "coldplay" originated prior to being a band name, I came up with:

Here's a couple of other tidbits.

- The song used (their big hit, Viva la Vida) is popular with some European Football (aka Soccer) teams. Perhaps an attempt to globalize NFL.

- The song itself is anti-Christian and anti-God (i.e. God doesn't rule the world anymore). Chalk one up for the victory of godless global socialism/communism.

[Lucille]

#SuperBowlSoGay

The Super Bowl's all...





The homages to Malcolm X and the black panthers were nice too. #SuperBowlSoBlack

I am so sick of the politicization of every $#@!ing thing, I could set myself on fire.

[kahless]

I was thinking along the same lines as Sam above. I did not see it as gay but more like peace and love. At the time I watched it I did not think the colors matched the typical gay rainbow. I thought Coldplay did a a great job and the visuals were stunning. It reminded of the beautiful performances put on in the UK like the Common Wealth games.

If you remove Bruno Mars and Beyonce from the performance I would say Coldplay was one of the best half time performances. Bruno Mars and Beyonce however I thought was awful and inappropriate both politically and for a family venue. Their past Superbowl performances were far better, particularly Bruno Mars. Of course due to political correctness I see talk show hosts slobbering all over Bruno and Beyonce while mocking the whiteness of Coldplay. They $#@! all over peace and love in favor of anger and hate.

The Bruno Mars and Beyonce act and the coverage of their performance is just another example of the entertainment industry going out of it's way to create divisions in this country and an antagonize whites.

[phill4paul]

Funny, I'm and old guy (63) and when the show started I thought, oh, this is gonna kinda be like the "All you need is Love" video the Beatles did years ago. Flowers, bright colors.... that hippie feeling... At the end I thought wow, that seemed a little over the top but hey, I remembered my grandma making fun of guys with long hair and thinking how she didn't get it. Flower Power, Peace, Love, to those that remember those times.

But at the end it didn't give me the same vibe as before. It just felt empty. I honestly didn't get the gay pride but I see it's there now. Along with Black lives matter (had to read an article to get the reference to the Black Panthers).

Honestly I didn't feel it was entertaining before I got it and don't now either.


"There's nothing you can do that can't be done
Nothing you can sing that can't be sung
Nothing you can say but you can learn how to play the game
It's easy"................

Lol. I've been accused of not having "Gay-dar." I thought it was Sgt. Pepperish myself.

[Tywysog Cymru]

Did everyone even know know what they were holding up?

[Brian4Liberty]

Did everyone even know know what they were holding up?

I'll bite. What were they holding up?

[Tywysog Cymru]

I'll bite. What were they holding up?

The placards.

[LukeR]

I'll bite. What were they holding up?

Penises?

[cajuncocoa]

I didn't get that it was a pro-gay message. No one I was watching the game with did either.

If most people didn't "get" it, how effective could it have been?

[fisharmor]

Good, if the general public feels gay for watching the superbowl, all the better in my opinion.

They've been ogling beefy men in spandex for 50 years and haven't figured it out. So I doubt it.

[wizardwatson]

Harvey Milk's 1977 election to the San Francisco Board of Supervisors was a watershed event in gay history, and in 2003, then-mayor Gavin Newsom unilaterally ordered gay marriages to be performed in the city over a decade before the Supreme Court legalized marriage equality worldwide.

I actually watched the movie about Harvey Milk (called "Milk") without knowing a thing about the guy. Fascinating story.

He actually started his political career with a public activism campaign that forced people to pick up their dog poop. So now every time I watch Kate and Leopold (I've seen it like 5 times, like it a lot for some reason) I'm reminded of Harvey when I see this scene where Leopold (transported against his will from 1870's to present day New York) is ordered by a cop to pick up his dog poop.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XOtN_hOAOcQ

[jmdrake]

LOL. God shouldn't have made rainbows pretty.

[Spikender]

Who cares about the pro-gay message?

Coldplay was there, you can't get much worse than that.

[asurfaholic]

They've been ogling beefy men in spandex for 50 years and haven't figured it out. So I doubt it.

Actually some people are admiring the strategy (or lack thereof) in teams who are pitted against one another for 60 minutes of violence. If all you see are oogly men in spandex then that's on you, man..

[Tywysog Cymru]

Coldplay was there, you can't get much worse than that.

[Natural Citizen]

Well. Fact is that this was an GlobalCitizen.org initiative. On can clearly see the Global citizen arm band.

That said, from GlobalCitizen.org's own web site thi morning....


"Chris Martin brings Global Citizen center stage at Super Bowl"

Millions of people saw the Global Citizen logo on Chris Martin's sleeve last night during the Super Bowl halftime show. It was a moment of global solidarity, a moment that broadcasted a commitment to help end extreme poverty around the world. Chris is the curator of the Global Citizen festival until 2030, when the Global Goals will be achieved, so he knows all about the issues that global citizens care about.

And it was this understanding that inspired perhaps the most Global Citizen part of the performance.

During the first song of the set, "Viva la Vida," Chris Martin crouched down, looked into the audience and said, "Wherever you are, we're in this together. Let's go."

Chris knows that the Global Goals can only be achieved if everyone unites. If everyone realizes that the problems facing the world today--climate change, hunger, conflict, gender inequality--can be overcome through cooperation.

https://www.globalcitizen.org/en/con...nter-stage-at/

[Natural Citizen]

And please do take the time to look over their web site. It is largely agenda driven. Social Justice warriors and whatnot. I suppose everyone knows how that all goes.

https://www.globalcitizen.org/en/

[LukeR]

Is that a transsexual?

[Danke]

Is that a transsexual?

A cross between a Canadian and a Mexican.

[LukeR]

A cross between a Canadian and a Mexican.

Looks more Puerto Rican to me.

[kahless]

Seems we have gotten to a point where anytime we see a mix of pretty colors it is supposed to be ALL about gays. He did hug a fan that was holding what could be a rainbow flag but I am not buying it being a tribute to gays at least not in totality. How did we get to a point where putting up a sign that says "Believe In Love" and a mix of colors is supposed to all about gays.

Here is the cover for Coldplay's - A Head Full of Dreams