There's nothing wrong with being gay, whether you live in George, Massachusetts, Texas or California. When Outsports was sued in 2005 by a man claiming we said he was gay (we didn't), he had no basis for his suit because his home state of North Carolina had already decided calling someone 'gay' (which, again, we didn't do) wasn't libelous. And is Stewart really claiming that calling someone 'gay' is defamatory? Is he really 'injured' by someone claiming long-time rumors about him are true?įor years, state courts have said calling someone 'gay' is not libelous or defamatory. Libel not only mandates the statement be proven false, but also carries the burden of proving damage to his reputation.
Even stranger are any claims of libel or defamation.
The case will only bring more attention to Stewart's sexual orientation, whether he is gay or straight or bi or whatever. Suing Caldwell is an odd move for Stewart. He doesn't like it so much that he's suing Andrew Caldwell, one of his fellow personalities on Real Housewives of Atlanta, for claiming recently that the two men 'hooked up.' Former Pittsburgh Steelers quarterback Kordell Stewart doesn't like being called gay.
