John Amaechi's Gay......WHO CARES?

Ok I'm already sick of this- John Amaechi, former starting center for the Orlando Magic is gay. WHO CARES? I mean seriously, a former decent professional basketball player comes out of the closet (conveniently to sell a book which he is just releasing), and we are supposed to look at him differently or look at NBA players differently? Outside of close followers of the NBA, John Amaechi was never known in household circles. I remember Amaechi as a British guy who had a pretty good shot, decent post moves, was kinda slow and undersized, and once told Sports Illustrated that he viewed playing in the NBA a way to make money to invest in future businesses in London, and really didn't "love" basketball. That's what I remember about John Amaechi. I mean seriously, does it matter his orientation? Regardless of your personal views on homosexuality, the United States of America were founded on right of a person to make that choice. The other funny thing is that there are several prominent homosexual Americans in areas other than sports, and that seems ok. However, when someone is playing a sport, we act like it's impossible for them to still have credibility, and Tim Hardaway's comments saying that gay players need "separate" locker rooms is absolutely absurd. Like I said, you are entitled to your own beliefs on whether or not homosexuality is "ok", but any reasonable person should be able to understand the following:

• Just because a person is gay doesn't mean that they constantly wanna have sex with people of the same sex. Any person in a professional setting, even that of basketball in which men have a common goal of winning are perfectly capable of working together as a team to win.
• Just because someone is gay that doesn't make them a child molester. That is why Amaechi shouldn't be looked down upon or banned from his work with British youth.
• Just because someone is gay it doesn't mean they can't be very athletic and excel at a sport like basketball. I sincerely believe Amaechi's claim that he knows "several current gay NBA players", but seriously........WHO CARES?