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NFL Punter Is Prying Open America's Last Closet: Pro Sports

By Andy Mannix October 25, 2012

Walking across the Macalester College campus, Chris Kluwe passes unnoticed. As usual, the 30-year-old Vikings punter is dressed down: a pair of brown flip-flops, black basketball shorts, and a baggy zip-up... More >>>

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Minnesota Vikings punter Chris Kluwe, October 2012.

Growing up in Orange County, Kluwe dreamed of being a professional baseball player.

Former Viking Esera Tuoalo spent his entire career in the closet, coming out as gay after retirement.

Kluwe met his wife, Isabel, while attending UCLA.

Kluwe participated in a promotional photo shoot for "No H8," an offshoot of the campaign against California's Proposition 8.

The punter spent a day in a wheelchair earlier this month for a documentary on spinal-cord injuries, ending with Kluwe scrimmaging against a wheelchair rugby team in Moundsview.

Minnesotans for Equality's Tracy Call believes Kluwe could be the difference in defeating the amendment.

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Kluwe participated in a promotional photo shoot for "No H8," an offshoot of the campaign against California's Proposition 8.

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Kluwe participated in a promotional photo shoot for "No H8," an offshoot of the campaign against California's Proposition 8.

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