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University of Missouri football player Michael Sam, who went public about being gay last spring, celebrates during a game in November 2013 against Texas A&M at Faurot Field Memorial Stadium in Columbia, Mo. RNS photo by Shane Epping

(RNS1-feb13) University of Missouri football player, Michael Sam, celebrates during a game in Nov. 2013 against Texas A&M at Faurot Field Memorial Stadium in Columbia, Mo. For use with RNS-MICHAEL-SAM, transmitted on February 13, 2014, RNS photo by Shane Epping.