The Kiss Seen 'Round the World

Whether or not you followed the NFL draft this week, watch football, or even enjoy sports at all, odds are you have heard of Michael Sam.
In case you forgot, think back to early February when a Black, University of Missouri football player announced on ESPN that he was gay; becoming one of the first openly gay college players.

Well, now he is the first openly gay player to be drafted into the NFL.

Anyone can understand the statistical feat of joining the select few who can say they are members of the NFL. Consider, then, the prospects of a gay man, brave enough to allow others into his truth, awaiting the call that would change his life.

The emotion of it all could not have been more apparent: