Post hoc ergo propter hoc, or something

This week Brendon Ayanbadejo became the first NFL player to announce his support for same-sex marriage and then intercepted a pass.

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Sometimes a libertarian is a conservative who's been wiretapped, and William Safire on occasion offered us sharp and thoughtful criticism of government snooping. I also remember his revulsion at the Pat & Pat takeover of the Republicans in 1992, and I enjoyed much of his Language Maven stuff. De mortuis and all that.

ETA: And as a Times conservative, he's like Gerald Ford among Republican presidents: The more successors he has, the better he looks.

Thanx to ivymcallister