Our league makes no claim on perfection but it does strive to be inclusive, to accept and indeed celebrate our differences, and to respect and honour human rights.”
“We in the CFL hold high the Diversity Is Strength banner. The Canadian Football League (CFL) also condemned the comments, writing in a statement that “there is no place in our league for commentary that disparages people on the basis of their religion, race, gender or sexual orientation. “Jones has been released from the roster.” There is no place for such commentary on our team. The Edmonton Eskimos acted swiftly, removing Jones from their roster, and in a statement, they tweeted: “We stand by the LGBTQ2+ community and firmly condemn the language used by Christian Jones. A women is not suppose to be with another women. In his tweet, which has since been deleted, the receiver and kick returner wrote: “Ima keep it this real… Man ain’t suppose to be with a man. His tweet said that men shouldn’t be with men and women shouldn’t be with women.Ĭhristian Jones, who played with the Canadian football team the Edmonton Eskimos, has been fired after a homophobic tweet, which was posted on Global Pride Day.
