If you stand for marriage and family, you're likely to face a blind-side blitz. That's the message being sent by homosexual rights groups to Indianapolis Colts head coach Tony Dungy. Coach Dungy is scheduled to appear at a March 20 banquet where he will receive the Indiana Family Institute's "Friend of the Family" award.
The homosexual groups are attacking the Super Bowl-winning coach because the Institute supports an amendment to the state's constitution that defines marriage as being between one man and one woman. One aghast gay activist told The Indianapolis Star, "Dungy appears to be an upstanding guy, but the coach's willingness to appear at this banquet strikes him as tantamount to endorsing its opposition to gay marriage."
Such pressure even prompted the Colts to issue a statement that Coach Dungy speaks on his own and that his "feelings on the importance of marriage and family are well known." Coach Dungy should be applauded, not condemned, for his championship role for the family.
Comments (4)
"Freedom of Speech" does not mean "Freedom from Criticism".
So the Coach shares his views, those who disagree with him share theirs, and so on. My goodness, you might think we live in democracy or something!
March 14, 2007 3:54 PM | Comment Permalink
I believe that a stable, loving relationship provides children with the most secure environment.
Tony Dungy is entitled to his views and I, mine.
I condemn him in the strongest terms for lending his name to an organization that puts a roadblock in front of thousands of gay and lesbian families.
March 14, 2007 6:43 PM | Comment Permalink
What in the heck is a "championship" role for the family? To me, a gay couple seeking out an abandoned child to love and care for is as about as "championship" as it gets. Too bad hundreds of thousands of cast-off kids will never know parental love because of "activist" nutballs who would rather keep children away from loving parents than allow them to be adopted by same-sex people. Yes, I'm sure Jesus is plesed.
March 14, 2007 7:32 PM | Comment Permalink
I agree with the commenters. I have yet to see a single good reason to oppose gay marriage - almost everything this blog has said consists of non-statements and meaningless phrases. We must "defend marriage" or "stand up for family values" or in this case, take a "championship role for the family." What does it all mean? I dont understand it at all. What must marriage be defended from? How does homosexual marriage pose a threat? What are these family-values, who wrote them, and why are they such a great authority?
I do understand though that none of the pathetic reasons given need to be good, because their real role is only to act as an excuse. The underlying reason is much simpler: 'Gays are icky, and we dont like them.' Everything else is just an excuse to lend legitimacy to that.
March 15, 2007 6:47 AM | Comment Permalink