Patriots owner Robert Kraft stunned the NFL by personally signing Justine Lindsay – the former Panthers cheerleader just 24 hours after she was released for being transgender He also delivered a message that made the entire Patriots Nation proud: ‘New England stands for people, not for prejudice.’

May be an image of basketball and text that says 'BREAKING NEWS IN NEW ENGLAND, WE JUDGE PEOPLE BY THEIR ABILITY, CHARACTER, AND EFFORT, NOT BY GENDER OR PREJUDICE. THE PATRIOTS DON'T JUST LOOK FOR TALENT. WE STAND WITH THOSE WHO DARE to LIVE AUTHENTICALLY AND FIGHT FOR WHO THEY ARE. IF YOU CARRY KINDNESS AND A RESILIENT SPIRIT, FOXBOROUGH WILL ALWAYS OPEN ITS ARMS to YOU'



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