President applauds the decision by NBA player to come out as gay.
Barack Obama has said he could not be prouder of Jason Collins after the player became the first active sportsmen in US sports to be an openly gay player.
Speaking to the media, Obama believes that this is not just a step forward for gay players in sport, but the entire gay community in being universally accepted by the public and media in the US, as the subject is still a controversial matter in some parts of the country.
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