This is not an article from the Onion. There actually is a Catholic group called Courage that is holding a sports weekend as a way for men to channel their same-sex urges into more manly pursuits. From the Philadelphia Daily News: This weekend a group of men will gather at St. Charles Borromeo Seminary to [...]
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Gays and sports bring religious zealots to Outsports
Visitors to Outsports recently may have thought they had stumbled across the Focus on the Family website by accident, given all the comments by anti-gay religious zealots. I expect this whenever we write about Tim Tebow — he has a passionate fundamentalist fan base, which takes umbrage to anything negative written about him, even if [...]
Nebraska coach Ron Brown must believe in slavery because the Bible says so
“The same thing that was a sin 2,000 years ago is a sin today. The thing that was right 2,000 years ago is right today.” –Nebraska assistant football coach Ron Brown. Brown has made headlines with his fierce opposition to gay rights, righteously citing the Bible as the source of his views. As he wrote [...]
Rosie O’Donnell stood up to ‘street preacher’ at the Super Bowl
Video has recently surfaced from this year’s Super Bowl in Indianapolis of Rosie O’Donnell in a war of words with a ‘street preacher.’ The gentleman with the megaphone has some choice words for Rosie, and she returns the favor. Video below… Though, part of me can understand why the protester was so angry with the TV and movie [...]
Does it matter what Tim Tebow thinks about gay issues?
The New York Times has a terrific piece on Tim Tebow and religion, headlined “Tebow, a Careful Evangelical.” The story by Mary Pilon and our friend John Branch discusses how careful Tebow is to sidestep almost any question on a controversial issue. He did a pro-life Super Bowl ad that generated a lot of controversy, [...]
Nebraska: Fire assistant football coach Ron Brown
You can support the firing of Ron Brown by signing this Athlete Ally Change.org petition. For over 20 years, University of Nebraska assistant football coach Ron Brown has used his position in the university to preach his discriminatory anti-gay brand of Christianity. His latest crusade to fight for discrimination against the LGBT community finally warrants his [...]
Chargers QB Philip Rivers against gay marriage, endorses Rick Santorum
San Diego Chargers quarterback Philip Rivers endorsed Rick Santorum for president last week, specifically citing the former Pennsylvania Senator’s fight against same-sex marriage. Rivers made the announcement before the Republican primary in his home state of Alabama. Said Rivers, in a statement from Santorum’s campaign: I am supporting Rick Santorum for President because of his stance on [...]
Omaha City Council rejects Ron Brown’s bigotry, protects gays from discrimination
Despite attempts by Nebraska Cornhuskers assistant football coach Ron Brown to keep anti-LGBT discrimination legal in Omaha, the city council there has voted, 4-3, to protect everyone in the LGBT community from discrimination. According to the Omaha World-Herald, Brown stuck to his position that gay people should be discriminated against: “The Lord is on the [...]
God-squadder Mo Isom trying to be Les Miles’ new female placekicker for LSU
In 2003, Katie Hnida kicked two PATs for the University of New Mexico, becoming the first female player to score in a Div. 1 college football game. Nine years later, LSU women’s soccer goalie Mo Isom is trying to become the second (watch her kick a goal-to-goal score below). In tryouts for the team last [...]
University of Nebraska distances itself from coach Ron Brown’s anti-gay comments
Earlier this week, Nebraska running backs coach Ron Brown testified before the Omaha City Council that the Bible should be law. The testimony was in regards to the City Council’s consideration of a bill that would outlaw discrimination against lesbian, gay, bisexual or transgender people. Aksarbent.com has gotten hold of a letter from Nebraska athletic [...]
Ron Brown, Nebraska football coach, testifies homosexuality is sin, wants God to dictate law
Nebraska running backs coach Ron Brown testified before the Omaha City Council against a bill that would protect gay, lesbian, bisexual and transgender people from discrimination (video below). Brown, a devout Christian, bases his opposition exclusively on the Bible and says the Bible should be the law of the land. Some of the highlights from [...]
Religious Brady Quinn wishes religious Tim Tebow would be more humble on religion
Denver Broncos backup quarterback Brady Quinn is backtracking from comments made to GQ about his teammate Tim Tebow. Quinn was among a bunch of NFL players and observers quoted by Michael Silver about the meteoric rise of Tebow this season. Here is the Quinn quote that has gotten a lot of attention: “If you look [...]
State Liquor Authority taking up fight over gay sports bar Boxers in New York City
At first, residents of Manhattan neighborhood Hell’s Kitchen fought the opening of gay sports bar Boxers because the entrance was withing 200 feet (the legal minimum) of a school. Now that the bar owners have moved the entrance to just over 200 feet away from the school, neighbors are screaming because they just “don’t want [...]
Jordan Rodgers, Aaron’s brother, speaks out against Vanderbilt’s nondiscrimination policy
Jordan Rodgers, quarterback at Vanderbilt University and the brother of Green Bay Packers quarterback Aaron Rodgers, was among students speaking out against the school’s nondiscrimination policy as it applies to student groups, especially religious ones. Rodgers is a member of the Fellowship of Christian Athletes, which is opposed to homosexuality and whose website talks about [...]
Is Tim Tebow gay?
Before you roll your eyes and dismiss this as another anti-Tebow snark piece, it isn’t. In fact, it’s honestly made me rethink everything I’ve said about him. There is no denying that Tim Tebow is one of the top sports stories of the year, in part because of the Broncos’ turnaround, in part because of [...]
Margaret Court converts homosexuals, is going to the Australian Open, and you can’t stop her!
The homophobia of tennis legend Margaret Court has been well-documented for years. Last year it came to the fore again as Australians struggle with the question of same-sex marriage; Court has been vocally opposed to it from the dais in her church. Now some folks have started a Facebook page advocating rainbow flags over Margaret [...]
Jesus Christ refers to John 3:16 through Tim Tebow’s stats
For all of those non-believers out there, Jesus Christ has given us unshakable evidence that he was at the Steelers-Broncos game and personally decided the outcome. A famous Bible passage that Tebow has endorsed through his eye black in the past is John 3:16, which reads (in my New International Version): For God so loved the [...]
Jesus answers Tim Tebow’s prayers. Broncos now face old coach Josh McDaniels
The Denver Broncos beat an injury-depleted Pittsburgh Steelers team Sunday night, forcing the rest of the country to suffer through another week of watching and listening to Tim Tebow pray. The game unfolded in the only way the Broncos can win with Tebow at quarterback. The Steelers drove the ball in the first quarter but [...]
Dear God: Please choose the Patriots to beat the Broncos this Sunday
Dear God, I know you’ll be kicking back in your big pearly throne this Sunday afternoon to watch the New England Patriots take on the Denver Broncos. And who can blame you? Sure, there’s poverty in Africa. Yes, there are floods in the Philippines. Wars in the Middle East? Who cares! You’ve got Tebowmania! But [...]
Tim Tebow believes God is helping the Broncos to win
I am trying to resist the urge to write again on Tim Tebow, even though he is the most compelling story in sports. We know he really, really believes in God and wastes no opportunity, again, to remind us. But even I never thought he really believed God took sides in a football game, until [...]