Kirk Cousins said ‘Nobody’s perfect’ when asked about a gay player

Kirk Cousins, then-backup quarterback for Washington, said he would welcome an openly gay teammate. However, there was also a bunch of anti-gay nonsense that he likely wouldn’t say about any other demographic.

At the time, he also said he would try to lead him to Jesus, saying, “nobody’s perfect.” Because, apparently, when he’s asked about gay people, imperfection is the first thing that comes to mind.

Here is what Cousins said at the time to MLive:

“From a football standpoint, if the guy can help us win, come help us win. Now, there are a lot of teammates in my locker room right now who may not have a homosexual lifestyle, but they have sins, too. They’re not perfect. So I don’t say they can’t help us win. Nobody’s perfect. To that degree, we’d welcome him into our locker room and say come help us win, and hopefully I can love him like Jesus and hopefully show him what it means to follow Jesus.”

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Cousins, who attended Michigan State, spoke at a Grand Rapids, Mich., high school. His comments were similar to what he said in 2013 last year after Jason Collins came out in the NBA.

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Cousins is currently the starting quarterback of the Atlanta Falcons. Last year he appeared with the rapidly anti-LGBTQ Focus on the Family, seemingly continuing his attack on the gay community.

People like Cousins seem well-meaning and he would like to think he’s only full of love, but his assumption that homosexuality equals imperfection and sin is insulting, as is his desire to proselytize.

This story was updated from 2013.