Los Angeles Lakers legend Magic Johnson
says the Los Angeles Dodgers would support a gay player.
Johnson, who is part of the group that
purchased the Dodgers in 2012, discussed with TMZ.com how the team
would react to a Dodger coming out.
“As an owner, you really got to
support the person. You really do,” Johnson said. “And then,
help educate the public. And that's really important. We stand with
this player, we're going to support this player. Once the
organization and the owner does that, then everybody else has to say,
'Okay we're going to support it,' or you just say, 'Hey, we're going
to deal with it.'”
“I think the Dodgers, we got a great
organization here. And so, if that happens to our organization …
just like things are normal. It's not going to change anything.”
“If a player ever wants to talk me,
whether he's on the Dodgers or not, about coming out or about, you
know, life, my doors are always open,” he added. (The video is
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(Related: Magic
Johnson asked son EJ whether he's gay.)